Summary
Photograph from a leather album with a tin impression of David's Tower on front cover. The album belonged to Sister Isabel Plante, a nurse at the 7th Australian General Hospital in Palestine. It was given to her by 'the boys of the no 6th Ward', Christmas 1941. The album contains 99 images, including pictures of Sister Plante and her nursing colleagues, images of patients, and tourist images of Gaza, Cairo, Jerusalem and other towns in the region. There is also a photo postcard of a nurse at Gaalbek, and a loose photo of nurses and patients in a ward of the hospital dated Christmas Day, 1943.
Description of Content
Building interior showing four women standing amongst hospital beds on Christmas Day. A man is shown lying in a bed in the foreground. Decorations are hanging from the roof.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Miss J. Plante, 01 Sep 1983
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Presented To
Captain Isabel E. Plante - Australian Army Nursing Service, Palestine, 1941
Australian Army Nursing Service, World War II. -
Place & Date Depicted
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Individuals Identified
PLANTE, ISABEL ERSKINE (CAPT.)
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand written in black ink on back of photograph: 'Isabel Plante / Xmas Day / Palestine 1943' Hand written in blue ink on back of photograph: 'L to R, / - - ISABEL, / PLANTE, / PEARLMAN? -' Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: '3' Printed in black ink on back of photograph: 'Velox' [repeated]
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
90 mm (Width), 65 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Beds, Christmas, Decorations, Hospitals, Medical Workers, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, Nurses, Uniforms, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945