Skip Navigation Bar
 

Pictures of NursingPictures of Nursing

Digital Gallery Browse

The nurse portrayed as comforting beauty, 1916

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • A White female Red Cross nurse giving coffee and bread to wounded White male soldiers.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

  • Enlarge Image
  • Go to Digital Record
  • Read Transcription

    Posto di Ristoro – Bologna
    [Stamp] Poste Italiane 5 Centisimi 5
    [Postmark] Bologna Ferrovia 13-14 30 VIII 1916
    Omaggio degli Stabilimenti Poligrafici Riuniti, Editori del Giornale IL Resto Del Carlino - Bologna
    [Illegible handwriting]

    Close
  • Read Translation

    Rest Stop – Bologna
    [Stamp] Italian Post 5 Cents 5
    [Postmark] Bologna Railroad 13-14 30 VIII 1916
    In honor of the Establishment of Polygraphic Reunited, Editors of the newspaper Il Resto del Carlino - Bologna
    [Illegible handwriting]

    Close