Pictures of nursing: the Zwerdling Postcard Collection

Pictures of nursing: the Zwerdling Postcard Collection

Series Title(s):
History of Medicine seminar
Author(s):
Hallam, Julia, 1952- author
Contributor(s):
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division, sponsoring body.
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md.] : [National Institutes of Health], [2014]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Nursing
Exhibitions as Topic
Medicine in the Arts
Nurses
Postcards as Topic
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division
Genre(s):
Lecture
Abstract:
Dr. Hallam discussed her curatorial work with the National Library of Medicine's Michael Zwerdling collection of postcards depicting images and photographs of twentieth-century nurses and nursing. The collection is the centerpiece of physical and web-based exhibits including a digital gallery presenting nearly 600 postcards from the collection. Mr. Zwerdling is a hospice nurse who collected the postcards from more than 70 countries over the course of several decades.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
063 min.
Color:
Color
Sound:
Sound
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
101641441 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
898053448
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101641441