Sticker, Bumper
Sticker, Bumper
Sticker, Bumper

Sticker, Bumper

Object number2021.86.4
Manufacturer
Date1972-1999
MediumPaper; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Judith Fesz
DescriptionRectangular paper bumper sticker. Front has white background with blue Bandaid-shaped border. Viewer's left side has black printed logo of a house containing two hands making a V-shape containing three people figures. Front has blue and black printed organizational information. Reverse is adhesive backed and covered with sectional brown backing paper.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 3.75 x 15 x 0.031 in. (9.5 x 38.1 x 0.1 cm)
InscriptionsFront has blue and black printed text "CALL 231-6080 / VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION / OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY / VNA...The Leader in Home Health Care...Since 1919".


MarksReverse has repeated red printed text "SPLIT LINE SPLIT LINE"; "QUIK PEEL"; and "LUDLOW DRY-STIK".
Historical NotesVisiting Nurse Association bumper sticker. The Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County started in 1919 as the Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1948, they incorporated as the Visiting Nurses Association of Allegheny County. The organization is a descendent of the Fruit and Flower Mission, but the organization split from Fruit and Flower and that organization continued its work of visiting the sick and elderly. They were one of only a few home care agencies when they started out. They started hospice serves in 1970 and a stroke group, and they were the first to do home chemo in the 1980s. When Judith Fesz started in 1972, you had to have a bachelor’s degree but they loosened this rule during her time with the organization and when she left in 1999, they had around 700 employees. The organization closed in 2000 because of Medicare financial issues.
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