Valentine greeting

Valentine greeting

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Bamforth & Co., issuing body.
Publication:
[United States?] : Bamforth & Co., Ltd., [between 1913 and 1919]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Love
Red Cross
Genre(s):
Postcards
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. The image is framed with embossed pictures of hearts and flowers.
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:
101711709 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101711709