I was so distracted by the beauty of this photograph hanging in the cath-lab of St. Mark's hospital that I neglected to take note of the date it was taken. I think it safe to say that it was captured ages before feminine wiles were being articulated on the pages of Vogue and decades before Cover Girl or Maybelline hit the consumer marketplace.
Kellie and I found several celebrities in the photo. John Cusack, Shia LaBeouf, Minnie Driver, Margaret Hamilton, (Oz's Wicked Witch), and John C. Reilly.
And how scary is the nurse standing in the rear? I think she's hiding something sinister behind her back!
Call me cruel, but I'm glad that nurses look a bit more pleasant these days. Seriously, why has no one made a horror movie where these women star as potential psychopaths? I'm still trying to decide which one looks the most guilty of doing bad things to people who are most vulnerable. Amputation, anyone?
I'm sure a place is being readied for me in Hell now.
That is terrifying. And thank you for posting that just weeks before my hospital stay. I'm never going to be able to sleep!! :)
ReplyDeleteI think you're right about the one standing in the back. She's not the ugliest, or the meanest looking, which is what makes her all the more sinister. Can you imagine that creepy nurse coming toward your hospital bed with her hand behind her back and that little tilt of her head that says, "Why so serious?"
ReplyDeleteSo anyway, have a good hospital stay, Nan!
I bet the image is probably late 1930's early 1940's. WW2 era maybe.
ReplyDeletePeople would have to hold still for pictures for long periods of time that is why the No smiles. I thnk if it were I, I would have smiled so that people would say "wow look at that happy nurse, she must really like her job. She looks happy."
Anyway, good luck Natalie. Must be having a baby. Well wishes for a speedy recovery for all the Norman family.
Okay - not coming back any more to read any further comments thank you very much! ;-)
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