[Two nurses with a young girl]

[Two nurses with a young girl]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[Belgium?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1920?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Child
Red Cross
Belgium
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of two nurses with a young girl. The girl is wearing white and has bandages on one of her feet and on one of her hands. She is sitting on the lap of one of the nurses, and she looks unhappy. The two nurses are dressed in white uniforms with a white cross on a black armband. The nurse holding the girl is wearing eyeglasses. The other nurse is standing up and pouring something from a bottle into a small cup. Nearby there is a stool with a cloth and basin on it and a small stand with a chest of medicines and some bandages. Handwritten note on verso states "real photo - Belgium nurses, pre WW1."
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:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101626342 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05420
OCLC no.:
871619293
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101626342