Buying cigarettes at a hospital bedside in the 1950s - photo

[Altair]

Good Samaritan Hospital Ladies Auxiliary visiting a patient in his hospital bed. They are bringing amusements, candy and cigarettes. The nurse is helping him hold a current Readers Digest. Photo by Clyde Putnam Jr. Ca. 1955. Portland, Oregon.




Previously:

Asbestos cigarette filter - photo
Cigarette butt decomposition process - GIF
Cigarette pack calculator - photo
Making rose petal-tipped cigarettes in the 1950s - GIF
Vintage cigarette "How to do it" cards - photo

[TrickieDickie]

I worked in the laboratory and pharmacy in two hospitals and it was common for people smoking in the building, no one thought anything of it back then.