Wood framed rectangular monochromatic panoramic reproduction of original photograph of the No. 11 Canadian General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in England in November of 1944; photograph depicts Nursing Sisters and medical servicemen, all in military uniform, arranged in seven rows p…
Wood framed rectangular monochromatic panoramic reproduction of original photograph of the No. 11 Canadian General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in England in November of 1944; photograph depicts Nursing Sisters and medical servicemen, all in military uniform, arranged in seven rows posing on concrete path in front of thick trees; photograph information appears on bottom of photograph in white ink; clear glass glaze at front and moulded brown wooden frame with reflective finish; thin brown paper covers backing with handwritten photograph information in bottom center of back in black ink; grey metal mounting wires attached to back in grid with grey metal eye screws.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Photograph of Lieutenant Nursing Sister Mary (Mae) MacKeigan RCAMC (Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps) 1943-45; donated to museum by daughter Mary Joan Barrett.
The original photograph was taken in 1944, according to note on front and back of photograph; however, this is a print produced in 2004 by The Service Photo Co. according to information on front bottom corner
Material
paper: brown, cream
ink: white, black
wood: brown
metal: grey
glass: clear
Inscriptions
On front of photograph in white ink: “NO. 11 CANADIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, R. C. A. M. C. // ENGLAND NOVEMBER 1944 // THE SERVICE PHOTO CO // PIRBRIGHT SURREY // 2004”; hand written on backing paper in black ink: “No. 11 Canadian General Hospital RCAMC // England 1944 (November)”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-6
Length
79.4 cm
Width
22.9 cm
Depth
2.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 79.4 cm X Width 22.9 cm X Depth 2.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor scratching all over frame; minor tears near bottom edge of backing paper
Copy Type
reproduction
Reference Types
Document
Website
Reference Comments
Donor file
“Nursing Sister’s apron, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC),” Museum of Health Care. http://artefact.museumofhealthcare.ca/?p=79
Research Facts
Mary (Mae) MacKeigan is a graduate of Glace Bay Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1941. She was part of the Canadian military service as Lieutenant Nursing Sister Mary (Mae) (nee MacKeigan) Barrett, RCAMC (Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps) 1943-1945. She was from Reserve Mines near Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. She trained with the No. 24 and No. 11 Canadian Army Hospitals and the Canadian Red Cross Army Hospital in Taplow, England.
More than 4000 women served as military nurses during the Second World War playing a vital role in the care and comfort of wounded soldiers, sailors, and airmen. As commissioned officers known by rank and title as Nursing Sisters, they served as fully-integrated members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Most of them worked overseas in military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. After the lean years of the 1930s when there were few available positions for graduate nurses, even with the dangers of warfare, military nursing offered a job with a good salary, benefits, status, and a chance to travel.