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[Men sitting by beds, Walter Reed Hospital ward, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Men sitting by beds, Walter Reed Hospital ward, Washington, D.C.], [between 1915 and 1945] — historic photograph
[Men sitting by beds, Walter Reed Hospital ward, Washington, D.C.], [between 1915 and 1945]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Men sitting by beds, Walter Reed Hospital ward, Washington, D.C.]

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Men seated beside hospital beds in a Walter Reed ward give this print a quieter subject than most images of wartime medicine. The hospital took its name from Major Walter Reed, the Army physician who helped prove that mosquitoes carry yellow fever, and it grew into a major center for treating soldiers. Photographs like this one were often made to document Army medical facilities, so the arrangement of beds and people likely reflects what the institution wanted to show. The print is retouched, a common step in official and commercial photographs of the period to sharpen details in the negative.

Created / published[between 1915 and 1945]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1910-1950.
NotesPhoto retouched. No. 567. Wittemann Collection.
SubjectsMedical aspects of war--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. Hospitals--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. Soldiers--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. Sick persons--1910-1950. Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.)--Facilities--1910-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,279 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182685

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