British Red Cross VADs tend to a child in an air raid shelter
Production date
1939
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Black and white photograph of training at a first aid post in a London dockland shelter. Shows a VAD nursing member, a commandant and a young female child in a bed. The VAD is measuring medicine from a bottle into a measuring glass while the commandant is giving child a drink/medicine. There are various items of enamelware on a long table and two Junior Red Cross health posters on the wall: 'Laws of Health' and 'Play in the Open Air'.
Collection Type
Archives
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Catalogue Number
1694/IN2031
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