A valentine message: [full frame]

A valentine message: [full frame]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[United States?] : [publisher not identified], [1913?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Bandages
Nurses
Love
Red Cross
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a color illustration of a Red Cross nurse wrapping a broken heart in a bandage. There is a bottle of medicine next to her with a label reading "Elixir of love." She is wearing a blue shirt with a white collar, white apron and cap and a white armband with the Red Cross symbol on her left arm. Top 1/3 of the background is yellow and contains circles and lines. Elements of the postcard are embossed.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101612299 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05191
OCLC no.:
858649923
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101612299