Nurses
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Haswell Miller, A. E. (Archibald Elliott), 1887-1979, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Imperial War Museum (Great Britain), publisher.
- Publication:
- [London] : Imperial War Museum, [not before 1921]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Military Nursing -- history Clothing World War I
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Postcard featuring a color illustration of five nurses, each in a different uniform. The Australian nursing sister is wearing a white headcloth, a red shawl, and a gray dress, and she has a gray cloth draped over her arm. The imperial military nurse has a light-colored hat with a red band, a gray shawl with a red border and a medal, a white collar, a gray dress, white cuffs, and red stripes on her sleeves. The Scottish women's hospital nurse has a hat with a dark band, a military-style coat, a white armband with a red cross, and a white shirt with a necktie. The Canadian nurse is wearing a bluish hat and uniform, with white gloves and brass buttons. The nurse from the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry is wearing a brownish skirt with a military-type hat and coat, a necktie, and a circular badge with a red cross on her arm.
- Copyright:
- Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 15 x 11 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101627117 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D06737
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101627117