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L'Infermière française (The French nurse), the nurse portrayed as comforting beauty, 1915

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

  • Topic:

    Archetypes

  • Creator:

    Jules Girardet (1856–1938)

  • Publisher:

    Studium, Paris
  • A White female nurse wearing a blue overcoat, looks at a distant burning battlefield.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    L'Infermière française, par Jules Girardet
    58
    Marque L-E déposée. Paris
    Imp. Studium – Paris
    [Handwriting] Dear [Cas] I saw these cards and I liked them so I bought them for you I am just ready for bed 10 pm Lheist and Vest on candle on floor and thinking of you Love, Ollie

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    The French nurse, by Jules Girardet.
    58
    L - E trademarked. Paris
    Printed by Studium – Paris
    [Handwriting] Dear [Cas] I saw these cards and I liked them so I bought them for you I am just ready for bed 10 pm Lheist and Vest on candle on floor and thinking of you Love, Ollie

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