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Glass negatives

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Images of Glass negatives

41 images from works
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: the isolation hospital seen from outside. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Victims of leprosy. Glass positive, ca. 1919.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Ethel Cromwell, aged about 14 years, as a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Kate Mills, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: J.R. Evans, aged 10 years, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Mary Wicklin, aged 4 years, as a smallpox patient, a few days before her death. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: two convalescent children. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Victim of elephantiasis. Glass positive, ca. 1919.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: George Steel as a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
  • Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a young man recovering from smallpox. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
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Works from the collections

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    Medical staff on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586527i
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    Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: two convalescent children. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

    H.C.F., of Gloucester, fl. between 1896 and 1901. | Date: [1896] | Reference: 591167i
    Part of: Negatives of the Gloucester smallpox epidemic
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    Royal Naval armoured ambulance breakdown in the Caucasus. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586181i
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    Medical officers tending the leg of a wounded reclined patient on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586525i
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    Royal Naval personnel in anti-gas protective gear on the hospital ship H.M.S. Warrior. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

    | Date: [1919] | Reference: 586185i
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Related topics

World War, 1914-1918 - Naval operations, British
World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care
Wounds and Injuries
Hospital ships
Patients
Smallpox
Gloucester
Royal Naval Medical Corps (RAMC)
Transport of sick and wounded
Hospitals

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