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Girls dressed as Red Cross nurses, France, 1915

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • Two White girls dressed as nurses in white, sitting and knitting in a garden.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Fabriqué en France
    [Handwriting] Lundi 26 Juillet 1915, 85 jour de campagne en Haute-Alsace Franchise Militaire
    Passe-temps de Premières Signes
    Petites infirmières de la Croix Rouge, dont le dévouement est si cher à nos blessés, Pour nos "Diables bleus" et nos "Culottes Rouges" A une 2eme campagne d'hiver, déjà, vous pensez! Souvenir de la Campagne d'Alsace, 1915 Mille caresses et baisers Adrien
    [Handwriting] Madame et Monsier Auguste Boujet 6 Rue D'Alsace 6 Grenoble (père)

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    Made in France
    [Handwriting] Monday, July 26, 1915, 85th Day of the campaign in Upper Alsace Military Postage
    Waiting for the Call to Arms
    Our dear nurses of the Red Cross, whose devotion to our injured is dear, for our "Blue devils" and our "Red Pants," Already, you're thinking of a second winter campaign! Souvenir from the Campaign in Upper Alsace, 1915 A thousand hugs and kisses Adrien
    [Handwriting] Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Boujet 6 Alsace Road 6 Grenoble (father)

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