About This Item
Title
A Volunteer "Gob".
Subject
Physicians--World War, 1914-1918
United States. Navy
Description
A volunteer "Gob", or slang for sailor. Naval Volunteer Cruise on the U.S.S. "Rhode Island" Aug.-Sept. 1916.
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
1916
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
MSS_2_0138_3.1_2_3
Date Created
2016
Temporal Coverage
World War I, 1914-1918
Original Format
1 photograph : B&W
Physical Dimensions
9 x 6 cm
Citation
Outerbridge, George W. 1881-1967, “A Volunteer "Gob".,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6283.