WAUBaseHospitalPHColl387.xml Preliminary Guide to the United States Army, Base Hospital No. 50 Photograph Collection 1918-1919 United States Army Base Hospital 50 Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2008 (Last modified: 4/11/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0387 United States Army, Base Hospital No. 50 photograph collection 1918-1919 630 photographic prints 50 slides : lantern Collection materials are in English. Photographs of the World War I activities of an American hospital unit

The collection consists of 1 album with 579 snapshots and photographic postcards, 49 2"x3" loose snapshots, 1 large group photograph, 1 mounted 8x10 black and white photograph, 50 glass lantern slides, and 1 photograph printed from a 5x7 nitrate negative, depicting the World War I activities of an American hospital unit. Images include the trip from Washington to California (Camp Fremont), cross country to New York and by ship to the Mesves, France, Hospital Center; views of Base Hospital 50 operations and war torn France; scenes on troop transport ship back to the United States. The 1 large photograph is a group portrait of Base Hospital 50 personnel. All photographs dated 1918-1919.

The collection is open to the public.

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Minimally processed.

The nitrate negative was discarded after printing.

United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 50--Photographs World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--Photographs World War, 1914-1918--France--Photographs United States. Army--Medical personnel--Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Photographs Medicine and Health Military