Two African American WWII Nurses' Aides
Two African American WWII Nurses' Aides
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- Description (Brief)
- Press print; gelatin silver print with white border; image of two African American World War II (WWII) era female nurses' aides working at a table wrapping bandages; both women are wearing a nurses uniform with apron and hat; cabinet with glass front housing more supplies in background; woman on left is identified on verso as Mrs. Louis Lucas and woman on right is Miss Susie Freeman; photograph taken at Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. by Roger Smith working for the Office of War Information (OWI)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- gelatin silver print
- date made
- 1940-1945
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- 2019.0220.0001
- accession number
- 2019.0220
- catalog number
- 2019.0220.0001
- subject
- Women
- African American
- World War II
- Nursing
- Medical supplies
- Medicine
- Uniforms
- World War II
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Work
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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