Thursday, December 8, 2016

Paramaribo, Suriname - Dear Doctor, Pentothal Advertisement

Surinam - Governments Plein, Paramaribo
Photo Courtesy Alcoa Steamship Co.

Dear Doctor:
Here, in tropical Surinam, doctors want and need an intravenous anesthetic that will assure an uncomplicated, swift recovery.  They find it in PENTOTHAL - - - agent of choice the world over,
Abbott

This is an advertising postcard that is postmarked from Surinam, but I can not make out a date.  The stamp is from 1953.

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Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.
Suriname stamp 1953
Local Motives
Raft on a River, 6 c

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