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Keystone View Company Ghastly Glipse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.123 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Antwerp, Belgium Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

In this photpograph is a man who is very seiously injured. He has bandages covering his face and hands. There is a nurse sitting by his side and two other wounded soldiers who look like they are in a better condition in the background. Women who worked as nurses did a lot to help wounded soldiers.

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