Peace, perfect peace. 1
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner Bamforth & Co., issuing body.
- Publication:
- Holmfirth, England ; New York : Bamforth & Co., Ltd., [between 1914 and 1918?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Military Personnel War-Related Injuries Nursing Care Religion Red Cross
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- A color postcard featuring a nurse and a wounded soldier on a battlefield at dusk. The soldier in brown uniform is lying on the ground. The nurse is leaning down next to him, propping him up with one arm and pressing a bandage to his wounded head with the other. She is wearing a white apron over her blue uniform, white head scarf and has an arm band with the Red Cross emblem. In the upper left corner is an illustration of Jesus in a flowing robe with a shining cross behind him. On the bottom of the postcard is the following text: "Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The blood of Jesus whispers peace within."
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 14 x 7 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101715438 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101715438