"Storkmobile"

Richard Estelle
Palmer Museum of History and Art
Open Finding Aid
Creator

Elsie Havens Blue

Collection

Blue Collection

Time Period

July 4, 1937 per information on back of photo

Description

Image shows the Palmer Hospital's "Nurses Car" and community ambulance decorated for the Palmer 1937 4th-of-July parade. On the front is a white stork figure holding a baby basket in its beak. The car's back panel is covered with a white sheet with lettering proclaiming "When Bigger & Better Babies are had, Your Hospital Will Have Them!! See Dr. Albrecht!!!?" The vehicle has ARRC 31 printed in white on the side of the door. The rear of the hospital is behind the vehicle with garbage cans in evidence. A woman (probably a nurse) walks behind the vehicle.

Location

Palmer, Alaska

Type

Black & white paper print, 2-1/2" x 3-1/2"

ENTRY ID

Storkmobile#3x-Blu

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