N'envoyez pas trop de blessés de France, O mon doux Jésus, dans notre ambulance =: Do not send too many wounded from France, O my sweet Jesus, in our ambulance
Collection: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Contributor(s): Zwerdling, Michael, former owner

Revanche (Firm), publisher.

 

Publication: [France] : Revanche, [between 1914 and 1918]

 

Language(s): French

 

Format: Still image

 

Subject(s): Nurses, World War I, Military Personnel

 

Genre(s): Postcards

 

Abstract: In this color postcard, a French nurse kneels on the ground, looking skyward, and prays that there will be few wounded French troops arriving by ambulance. She is in the foreground of the scene, wearing a long gray dress, with white sleeves, a white collar and white cornette. On her left arm is a white armband with a red cross. Behind her is a tent flying a flag with a red cross. At the top of the card is a black and white battle scene.

 

Extent: 1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm

 

Provenance: Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.

 

Technique: color

 

NLM Unique ID: 101704167

 

Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101704167