About This Item
Title
Officers of Reinforcement Unit, Base Hospital 10. [Image 3]
Subject
Physicians--World War, 1914-1918
United States. Navy
United States. Army
Description
Title supplied by cataloger
An officer in a life vest stands on deck to be photographed. The S.S. "Aurania" sailed from New York on August 18, 1917 and disembarked from Liverpool England on September 2, 1917.
Photograph from an album by Dr. George Outerbridge (1881-1967), a former fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, documenting his time serving in World War I with Pennsylvania Hospital Unit No. 10. in Le Tréport France. The album was donated to the Historical Medical Library by Mrs. Edward F. Harvey of Philadelphia on 6 July 1972. Mrs. Harvey found the collection in her home at 8 Summit Street in Philadelphia; this was a formerly the residence of George W. Outerbridge.
Creator
Outerbridge, George W. 1881-1967
Source
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1917
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
MSS_2_0138_3.2_6_3
Date Created
2016
Temporal Coverage
World War I, 1914-1918
Original Format
1 photograph : B&W
Physical Dimensions
7.5 x 5.5 cm
Citation
Outerbridge, George W. 1881-1967, “Officers of Reinforcement Unit, Base Hospital 10. [Image 3],” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 28, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6277.