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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-178334

World War I Nurse's Ward Uniform


Grey cotton crepe uniforms were made necessary by the laundry problem in France. The American Red Cross brassard was worn only by those nurses serving directly under the Red Cross.
This Red Cross nurse is holding a booklet entitled "America Needs You".
Photographed by Joel Feder.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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10 January 2000