Doctors and Nurses at Red Cross Military Hospital No. 8
date: label: date made
content: 1918-12
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photo postcard of a group of doctors and nurses from American Red Cross Military Hospital No. 8. Several men and women in uniform stand in front of a stone building while holding a large French and American flag. Written in blue ink on back is "Paris - France - / Dec - 1918 / My dear Cousin Andrea; / I don't [know] if this will be of / much interest to you but / these are a few of the Dr. & / nurses who I was very closely associated with / during Nov. & the first half / of December - at [illegible] Mil. R.C. Hosp. # 8 (Military Red Cross Hospital No. 8) - [illegible] / contageous. / We were an [unusually] con/genial "bunch" were delight-/fully housed and in every / sense of the word a most / happy family. We had truck / parties to Paris to see the / peace celebration - Y.M.C.A. / shows - Opera - The Follies etc. / We had dinners, dances, & / parties at home & still we did / an awful lot of WORK."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: referenced
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: depicted
content: France: Île-de-France, Châtenay-Malabry
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.3179.04
label: catalog number
content: 1991.3179.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 1991.3179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Postcard
label: Other Terms
content: Postcard; Documents
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black and white (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm