Whole-plate clear glass ambrotype with asphaltum backing; partial seal and backed with printing-out paper, Blindstamp on mat, lower left, "WM SHEW / 423 MONTG.Y. ST / SAN FRANCISCO", and Label on case cover, "California / friends and / uncle Joseph"
Title from item., In upper margin: Jeudi 29 Juillet 1830., Place of publication from item., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Interior; Wounds; Nurses & nursing., and Blind stamp: E. Ardit à Paris.
Publisher:
à Paris, chez E Ardit, editeur rue Vivienne No.2, Pl.6. London by Engelmann, Graff Condet et Cie and Imp. lith. de E Ardit
Subject (Geographic):
France. and France
Subject (Topic):
Hospital wards, War wounds, Hospitals, Emergency medicine, Soldiers, Revolutionaries, Nurses, Churches, and History
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 65 | Folder 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., This photo is from the papers of Elizabeth H. Falck, a member of the American Church Mission (ACM) in Shanghai, China (ca. 1923-1929)., and Three ambulances disembark in front of St. John's University in Shanghai. The University's facilities were being used by the staff of St. Luke's Hospital at the time this picture was taken. A large group of people has formed around the ambulances. A note attached to this photograph reads: "Because of Japanese invasion into Honkew [Hongkou], 1932, St. Luke's was obliged to occupy the dormitories and class rooms of St. John's University in [illegible] five miles outside the city."