About This Item
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.
Source
Original photograph in: Norris, George William, 1875-1965. Diary, World War I (Philadelphia, 1959), page 5. ZZ10c 5 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
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 December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1518.