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United States. Public Health Service. Division of Nurse Education Be a cadet nurse

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.04 Author/Creator: United States. Public Health Service. Division of Nurse Education Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 71 cm, Width: 50.6 cm Order a Copy

Image by Jon Whitcomb. NE Poster #3. Government Printing Office # O-599074. Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms. The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse's uniform with a nurse's cap. Both women are wearing cadet nurse shoulder patches and caduceus (medical symbol) pins. Captions below title: "For information go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York 8, N.Y." "A lifetime education free, for high school graduates who qualify."

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