Phoebe Pember

Phoebe Pember

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
United States Postal Service, issuing body.
Publication:
[United States] : USPS, 1994
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
American Civil War
Nurses
Patients
Pember, Phoebe Yates, 1823-1913.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Color illustration of Phoebe Pember, confederate nurse, sitting beside a wounded man lying in a bed. She is spooning food from a cup for the patient. The patient is wearing a white bandage around his head. There is a pair of crutches leaning on the wall behind the bed. The postcard has a first day of issue postage stamp featuring the image on the front of the postcard.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
USPS; Source: Record; Research date: 07/01/2015
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101640174 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D06656
OCLC no.:
904786896
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101640174