Box 1

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Handwritten notes on the human spine. Page 2 is faded, but appears to have notes on some of the rest of the skeleton.

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Photo shows four QAINSR nurses on the balcony of their quarters at Europa Point, Gibraltar. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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A group of soldiers, likely British, dancing in the street. A Turkish Man and a child are to one side. Title supplied. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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Two nurses in a window, Alice Welford is on the left. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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Five unidentified QAIMNSR nurses, Sister Robertson is marked with a x and appears to be holding a tennis racket and shoes. The Royal Herbert Hospital is the Shooters Hill area of London, and was established as a convalescent hospital during the Crimean War. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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The photo shows four of five nurses on an outing in the rocky high ground north of Gibraltar and the town of La Linea de la Concepción historically called “The Queen of Spain’s Chair.” Constable is third from the left and Welford is next to the rock. The missing Carpenter may be taking the picture. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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The photo shows the arrival of patients at the hospital, thirteen men. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

Scope and Contents The photo shows the R. M. S. Mauritania sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Sister ship of the Lusitania, in 1915 she was used as a troop ship serving the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1916, she was converted to a hospital ship. By the paint scheme in this image, she is a troop carrier. Africa is in the distance. In the foreground is what Welford elsewhere describes as a mosque and a schoolhouse. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for...

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The photo shows an unidentified steam ship sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar behind what Welford describes as a mosque and schoolhouse. Africa in the haze in the background. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.

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An unidentified karrozin, the Maltese open horse-drawn carriages. Title supplied. Image has been digitally altered for clarity.