Name/Title
Postal card from the Alameda Hospital Pediatric Department, c. 1960sEntry/Object ID
2010.33.5Description
ACC. NO. 10.33.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ALAMEDA HOSPITAL
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1960's
OBJECT: POSTCARD
DESCRIPTION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "KIDDIE CORNER."
SIZE: L 6" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A POST CARD ISSUED BY THE ALAMEDA HOSPITAL REPRESENTING THE PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT. CHILDREN AND STAFF ARE PART OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. A CIRCULAR PHOTOGRAPH IS PART OF THE DESIGN. TO THE LEFT IS MARIE ANDERSON, WIFE OF WALDEMAR WHO CREATED THE LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER WHICH ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM. MARIE WAS A LONGTIME REGISTERED NURSE IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE ALAMEDA HOSPITAL. SHE WAS KNOWN AS "TONSIL ANNIE."
DONOR: MR. GLEN FARRINGTON
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
