Title:
American Red Cross volunteers of 1917-1918 preparing surgical dressings [picture].
Creator:
Rogers, Edward A. "Doc," 1873-1960.
Subject:
Influenza epidemic, 1918-1919 - California - Oakland - Pictorial works.
Nurses -
Portraits.
Influenza - Treatment - Pictorial works.
American Red Cross - History - Pictorial works.
Description:
Title from index card. The photograph depicts volunteer caregivers from the
American Red Cross tending to sufferers of influenza during the great flu pandemic of
1917-1918. From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public
Library. Number in collection : 273.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1918
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : negative. b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier:
copl_056
Knowland Neg. 273
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.