Sign
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 1993.039.14.18
- Place of Origin:
- U.S.A.
- Date:
- 1940-1960
- Description:
- Sign, doctor's office. Two-sided rectangular cardboard sign. Side 1: "Doctor is Out", showing clock with moveable metal hands. Side 2: "Doctor is In".
Side 1: Printed in black, red, and yellow on white. Text reads, (red) "Doctor / is Out" (white) "Will Return At"; on clock face (black), "VERACOLATE", and at bottom below clock, "The / MARCY CO. / MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS", and "BOSTON, / MASS."
Side 2: Printed in black, yellow, and red on white, shows circular emblem with company name ( "MARCY" and "MANUFACTURERS OF PHARMACEUTICALS") and text. Red "Doctor / is / IN", yellow "Please be Seated", and yellow "VERACOLATE / A True Cholagogue", "PRINTED IN U.S.A." - Material:
- Paper
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- H-7.25 Dia-5.25 inches
- Provenance:
- From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.
This sign may have been used by Dr. Thomas G. Cogswell (1912-1998) of Warner and Concord, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society
- People:
- Cogswell, Thomas G. (1912-1998)
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