Exceptional evidence and unusually aesthetic composition. African Americans were finally admitted into the Red Cross in 1919, a response to the nursing need created by the Spanish Flu epidemic. This image dates to just a few years later. Unlike the average group shot with its blurred faces across a room or field, this photographer obviously sits just across the table...
Exceptional evidence and unusually aesthetic composition.
African Americans were finally admitted into the Red Cross in 1919, a response to the nursing need created by the Spanish Flu epidemic. This image dates to just a few years later.
Unlike the average group shot with its blurred faces across a room or field, this photographer obviously sits just across the table from the women hard at work rolling gauze.
The door frame and wallpaper suggests the relief effort actually occupies a spare bedroom in a home.
Board measures 11 x 13". Clear image w/ strong contrast and water stains at mount edges.