"Lest ye forget": General Lafayette's tomb

"Lest ye forget": General Lafayette's tomb

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Rainey, Paul James, 1877-1923 photographer
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
American National Red Cross, publisher.
Publication:
[United States] : American Red Cross, [between 1910 and 1925?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Red Cross
Cemeteries
Military Personnel
United States
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
American National Red Cross.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of two nurses with American flags at General Lafayette's tomb. The two nurses are wearing dark headcloths and white uniforms with a cross on the chest. One nurse also has an additional darker cloth draped over her shoulders. Both nurses are holding the upper corner of the flag on the opposite end from the stars.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101626476 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05484
OCLC no.:
871619513
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101626476