Pictures of nursing: the Zwerdling Postcard Collection
- Series Title(s):
- History of Medicine seminar
- Author(s):
- Hallam, Julia, 1952- author
- Contributor(s):
- National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division. sponsoring body.
- Publication:
- [Bethesda, Md.] : [National Institutes of Health], [2014]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Nursing Exhibitions as Topic Medicine in the Arts Nurses Postcards as Topic National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division
- Genre(s):
- Lecture
- Abstract:
- Dr. Hallam discussed her curatorial work with the National Library of Medicine's Michael Zwerdling collection of postcards depicting images and photographs of twentieth-century nurses and nursing. The collection is the centerpiece of physical and web-based exhibits including a digital gallery presenting nearly 600 postcards from the collection. Mr. Zwerdling is a hospice nurse who collected the postcards from more than 70 countries over the course of several decades.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 063 min.
- Color:
- Color
- Sound:
- Sound
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101641441 (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 898053448
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101641441