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NH 52963 War Nurse Uniform

Photo #: NH 52963 War Nurse Uniform
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Title: War Nurse Uniform
Description: During World War I, in the operating room and in dressing work in the hospital wards, the War Nurse wore this white utility apron. It was a most unromantic apron, adopted to simplify the ever-present French laundry problem, but it was a badge of service coveted by thousands of untrained women. Photographed by Joel Feder. Courtesy of the Nursing Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, September 1962. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 52963
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