Civilian protection. No time to spare before treating this patient, so these members of the emergency medical aid corps (see armbands insignia) go to work on a bombing victim right in the ambulance. The young lady is operating an inhalator to keep the victim breathing, while the doctor (note the M.D. next to his medical insignia) sets a broken arm in splints
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 685.
Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.
Tags
Date
01/01/1941
Location
new york
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain