1909 Salutation and Note by Unknown Writers Printed on the Reverse of a Lithograph Featuring the Photo and Signature of Dr. Walter Bayne Geikie

On offer is a unique lithograph page with a photograph and printed signature of Dr. Walter Bayne Geikie. On the reverse is a handwritten note that could be interpreted as a condolence:

To Mrs. Donald Sutherland
with [...] best wishes
s an old & [...] friend I
[...] your standing of her late
most worthy husband & the family
Holyrood Villa
52 Maitland St
Toronto May 18th 1909

There is no signature for this writing.

There is an additional comment in blue pencil written below that says:

Called here [...]
You were not at home

The initials at the end could be “WBG” indicating Walter Bayne Geikie, but it is unclear.

Walter Bayne Geikie MD (1830-1917), noted doctor and educator, was licensed by the Medical Board of Upper Canada in July 1851. He practised in Bond Head from 1851 to 1856. He worked at  Victoria College at Cobourg 1856-1870  and the Medical Faculty of Trinity College in 1871 as registrar and treasurer and, on the death of E.M. Hodder in 1878, was made dean. (The address 52 Maitland St. is near Trinity College.) 

Geikie was on the consulting staff of Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children until 1903. He was also president of the Union Loan Savings Co. and Toronto City Mission, treasurer in Canada of the Armenian Relief Fund, and vice-president of the Upper Canada Bible Society.

This piece is an age-toned 8-½ x 11-½ lithograph sheet with some minor creasing and a worn top edge. Its condition is Good.