Saturday, June 8, 2013

Sepia Saturday # 180 - World War I Era Nurses

My posts have been rather sporadic lately mainly due to the health of my husband who has needed all my extra attention because of severe back pain.  He has been unable to work for over six weeks and has been advised he needs back surgery.  Unfortunately for him, nursing is not one of my better qualities, but I have tried to do my best to attend to him. To top it off this past week my company instituted corporate cuts and I find myself unemployed and could use a little TLC.  When I saw the prompt for this week's Sepia Saturday the nurse in the photograph reminded me of a photograph that I have that fits the bill so I drug it out of my collection today for your review.  


This photo shows what I believe to be six World War I era nurses.  They are identified on the back as: (1) Mrs. Hugh Gilbert, (2) Mrs. I. Haines Dickinson, (3) Mrs. Geo. W. Heusel Jr. (4) unknown, (5) Miss Helen Heusel and (6) Mrs. A. S. Harkness.  The last woman I believe is possibly related to a woman I mentioned in an earlier post, Mary Fairlamb Harkness of Pennsylvania.  The location is unknown, but my guess that these nurses served stateside.

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9 comments:

  1. Life goes through tough spells...a little light blogging may take the mind off pressing problems...so keep it up...and as ever, things actually do get better ! (P.S. Your nurses are not looking too cheerful themselves !!)

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  2. Sorry to hear about your husband! Maybe you could ship him off to that bunch of nurses (just the thought of it might make him get well quickly -- they're a pretty serious bunch)!

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  3. A good choice for this weekend, Teresa. They look like a serious, no nonsense group. If they stayed in the U.S. their experience may have been less with battle casualties and more with victims of the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918.

    I'm sorry for your bad luck, and I hope the summer will improve for you.

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  4. A couple of the nurses seem a little elderly to have served on the Western Front, so I suspect you're right.

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  5. Cyber hugs from afar Teresa. So sorry to hear of your recent misfortune. I hope that things improve soon.

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  6. What? Names actually identified? Unheard of - practically ;-)

    I'm really sorry to hear of all your troubles that have arrived on the heels of one another. You do deserve a break.

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  7. Hope life improves for you soon.

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  8. Well done for posting. I've been unwell for quite some time and it's really hard to get motivated to write anything. But, it's worth it when you do and your blogging friends comment their appreciation for what you write. Hope things pick up quickly for you both.

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  9. Goodness those nurses don't look too happy. I hope things improve for you soon.

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