This collection consists primarily of correspondence, documents, photographs and memorabilia dating from Esther Winkler Shapiro’s service as a U.S. Army nurse on the Pacific front during the Second World War, with a smaller assortment of material dating from her time as a nursing student at The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing. Memorabilia include a World War II Army Nurse Corps uniform and cap, a Japanese flag, and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing caps. The collection include a shipboard newsletter from the U.S.S. Repose and a hospital newspaper from Thomas M. England General Hospital, locations where Shapiro served.
Shapiro, Esther WinklerElements area
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- Albums made up of mounted photographs, with or without identifying information.
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- Art and Architecture Thesaurus
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Photograph Albums
Photograph Albums
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Photograph Albums
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Photograph Albums
- RT Photographs