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Antique Collector, Todd Waters, is "The Chiro-Picker"

by  Todd Waters, aka “The Chiro-Picker” – SpinalColumnRadio guest blogger

This time I feel I’ve come across a really special chiropractic antique!

It’s a student desk lamp from the Palmer School of Chiropractic.

The lamp was made by Robert Schwartz & Bro from New York City under the manufacture name SROBERT. It is heavy-duty cast iron and designed quite elegantly.

The first feature that caught my eye was the words “Science and Art,” with a carved owl between them.  Up above the owl’s head is the Palmer PSC crest embossed in a beautifully detailed coin. I thought the owl might be the mascot of Palmer’s radio station WHO. But this seemed kind of odd since the WHO was located in Des Moines, while Palmer’s original station, the WOC, was located on the PSC campus in Davenport.  Also, I had a feeling this lamp predated the station WHO which Palmer acquired in 1931.  Then I just assumed the owl represented wisdom, enlightenment, and education.

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