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Medical Reserve Corps, Plattsburg 1911

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Title

Medical Reserve Corps, Plattsburg 1911

Subject

United States. Army. Medical Reserve Corps
United States. Army. Medical Officers' Reserve Corps
Physicians
Military Personnel
Norris, George William, 1875-1965
World War I
Photographs
Portraits

Description

Photograph of 4 medical officers in uniform standing at attention, 3 identified in handwritten text (mostly illegible). The accompanying typewritten text, written by Dr. George W. Norris, describes how Norris came to join the Medical Reserve Corps in 1911, and how he came to the army encampment at Plattsburg, NY in 1916 to train for World War I. Photograph is numbered: #8018.
There is a discrepancy between the date of the photograph given in the caption (1911) and the accompanying text (1916).
Title from caption.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1911?

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZZ10c_5.5
ZZ10c_5.5c

Temporal Coverage

History, 20th Century

Spatial Coverage

Plattsburgh Barracks (N.Y.)
Plattsburgh (N.Y.)

Original Format

1 photograph : sepia print

Physical Dimensions

9 x 12 cm

Citation

“Medical Reserve Corps, Plattsburg 1911,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1518.

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