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Plucky sisters on British ambulance train in France who are near enough to the battle zone to see the shells falling
Plucky sisters on British ambulance train in France who are near enough to the battle zone to see the shells falling
This photograph has a rather formal and stilted feel to it. The women don’t seem relaxed and their positions do not look natural. It was most likely that this photograph was taken with a propaganda purpose in mind. Whether to boost morale, with the implication that female company could be found at the Front, or to boost recruitment into the nursing corps, with the prospect of a uniform and danger,…
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Caps (headgear)
- Headdresses
- Nurses
- Railroad cars
- Uniforms
- Women
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Caps (headgear)
- Headdresses
- Nurses
- Railroad cars
- Uniforms
- Women
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548602
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:55.217Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:16.403Z