[Wounded soldiers getting off the ship]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Alternate Title(s):
- In aid of the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John
- Author(s):
- Payne, Harry, 1858-1927, artist
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner British Red Cross Society. Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Raphael Tuck & Sons, issuing body.
- Publication:
- London : Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1916
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Military Nursing Military Personnel Ships Red Cross World War I England
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Color postcard featuring sailors assisting wounded soldiers to get off the ship. Two sailors in white uniforms are carrying a soldier down the ramp. At the bottom of the ramp two sailors with a strecher are waiting. Next to them are a soldier with a Red Cross armband and a nurse in a red dress and white apron. There are more soldiers on the ship, waiting to exit. On the top left side of the postcard is a large Red Cross emblem inscribed "In aid of the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John".
- 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:
- 101666729 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D04648
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101666729