Hospital de la Cruz Blanca =: White Cross Hospital : Vera Cruz, Mexico

Hospital de la Cruz Blanca =: White Cross Hospital : Vera Cruz, Mexico

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
White Cross Hosptial
Author(s):
Flores Pérez, P. (Ponciano) photographer
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[Mexico?] : [publisher not identified], [1914?]
Language(s):
Spanish
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Inpatients
War-Related Injuries
Hospitals, Religious
Mexico
Cruz Blanca Neutral.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This postcard is a reproduction of a photograph taken by P. Flores Pérez during the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, by the United States in 1914. It shows patients recovering in a hospital operated by the Cruz Blanca Neutral. The Cruz Blanca was a voluntary organization created during the Mexican Revolution to treat all those wounded in the conflict, after the Red Cross refused to do so. In this photograph, two nurses stand next to a row of cots with wounded men. More cots and patients appear in the background. Several of the patients look directly at the camera. Both nurses wear long black dresses with large black collars and their hair is covered by white caps.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 8.5 x 13.75 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101769826 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05548
OCLC no.:
1370215607
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101769826