Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.2525
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A yellow-green painted metal hanging thermometer with a glass front covering a pointer needle and Fahrenheit scale around a central picture in yellow-green and black of a circa 1930 ambulance with curtains. It reads "The Scientific Handling Of/ Patients Is Our Only Business/ Scully-Walton/ Six Stations in Greater New York/ Immediate Response to Any Address Day or Night/ Private Ambulance Service/ Telephone ENdicott 2-4200".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
