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Lot 566

Real Photo Postcard, Three Nurses in Clinical Room

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Three unidentified nurses occupy a clinical setting in this real photo postcard, produced in the standard RPPC format and dating to the early twentieth century based on the divided-back layout and photographic printing style. All three women wear white uniforms with high collars and starched nursing caps, presenting a formal professional appearance consistent with hospital portrait conventions of the era. No photographer's imprint appears on the reverse.

The central figure is seated in an adjustable treatment chair draped in a white clinical gown and wears wire-rimmed spectacles, her cap distinguished by a dark band. The standing nurse at left, also wearing spectacles, reaches toward a washbasin mounted to a cabinet with multiple drawers and glass-front storage panels, while a row of small medicine bottles lines the shelf beside larger glass vessels. The nurse at right stands with hands clasped behind her back, gazing away from the camera. A suspended IV-style apparatus rises behind the seated figure, and a wheeled cart holding folded linens is visible at the far right.

Real photo postcards documenting nurses in clinical environments are valued occupational records, capturing the professionalization of nursing during the late Progressive Era when formal training programs and standardized uniforms became widely adopted across American and European hospitals.

The reverse bears a penciled inscription reading "NURSES" at the top and the notation "20CB1 94" at the lower right. The card is unused, with no correspondence or address written.

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