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(297) C.2103 - Nursing staff on their ward
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Ernest Brooks > (297) C.2103 - Nursing staff on their ward |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546144 |
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| Description | Four nurses are standing by their beds with a matron sitting at her desk in the middle. There are beds down either side of the ward and recuperating soldiers can be seen. The nurses are all wearing cumbersome, white clothes. Field hospitals were often close to the Front Line and nursing was one of the few jobs which allowed women to participate at the Front. The Voluntary Aid Detachment and Red Cross were two British organisations which were involved in tending the casualties of war. [Original reads: No original caption.] |
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| Description | Ernest Brooks was the first British official war photographer to be assigned to the Western Front in 1916. Previously a 'Daily Mirror' photographer, he was given the honorary rank of Second Lieutenant. His remit was to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible. Using his inconspicuous hand-held camera Brooks was free to wander, sometimes capturing his subjects unawares. Many of the images taken by Brooks were used to fuel the propaganda machine at home and abroad. Despite this Brooks, who was very aware of composition and light, produced some very artistic and thought-provoking images. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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