New mother evacuated from hospital 1939
A nurse giving a few words of encouragement to a new mother and her baby as she lies on a stretcher, waiting to be evacuated by ambulance from Westminster hospital. In early September 1939, just after the outbreak of war, many inner city hospitals were evacuated as a precaution against air raids
Picture No
12652180
Media ID
46133538
Size
5588px x 3868px
(4.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere', 9 September 1939, page 393
Date
September 1939
