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Photographs of Berkeley G. A. Moynihan and Leonard Braithwaite and their surgical unit, in France during the First World War

Archive File: LUA MED/37/2

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Photographs of Berkeley G. A. Moynihan and Leonard Braithwaite and their surgical unit, in France during the First World War

Level: File

Classmark: LUA MED/37/2

Date(s): 1914

Size and medium: 18 black and white photographs, 14 negatives, 3 papers

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/634352

Collection group(s): University Archive | Medical Collections

Description

Contains 18 black and white photographs of Berkeley Moynihan and Leonard Braithwaite during their service in the Army Medical Service during the First World War. They were stationed in France in 1914; the photographs show images of operating theatres and wards, including at the Lycée Pasteur, Paris.


13 of the photographs have been annotated in pencil on the reverse, as follows [they are not numbered]:


1. General Store

2. Bandage Room

3. Dental Surgery Dept.

4. Ward 162 - England Non. Com. Officers

5. Moynihan Crile Braithwaite Lycée Pasteur Paris Dec 1914. Moynihan + Crile [possibly George Washington Crile (1864-1943), the American surgeon]

6. Surgical Dressing Dept.

7. Ward 190 Lycée Pasteur

8. Ward 150 English Officers

9. Mme Maitlands Ward - No 160

10. Untitled [group of nurses and others observing a procedure in a ward]

11. Lycée Pasteur Paris 1914 [Braithwaite, Moynihan and two others, observing]

12. Dr ?Lowans Laboratory

13. Untitled [group of nurses, physicians and others observing a surgical procedure in a ward]

14. Ward 171

15. Untitled [group of nurses, physicians and others observing a procedure in a ward]

16. Untitled [group of nurses, physicians and others observing a surgical procedure in a ward]

17. Moynihan Crile + Braithwaite Lycée Pasteur Paris Dec 1914. Moynihan + Crile

18. Untitled [showing a group of nurses, physicians/surgeons, and others including Moynihan and Braithwaite, with a camera].


Copyright stamp on the reverse of each photograph for H.C. Ellis (b c.1857), American Flashlight Photographer, 13 Rue Brey, Paris.


Also includes 14 negatives in three strips.

Physical characteristics

Photograph: width 237mm height 175mm

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Material in this collection may remain in copyright but further details are unknown. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available for tracing copyright status and ownership.

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