Portraits of America

[Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch]

1894·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
[Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch], 1894 (Library of Congress)
[Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch], 1894 (Library of Congress)
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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)


This 1894 cabinet card portrait shows Clara Barton wearing a Red Cross brooch. The photograph is an albumen print mounted on card measuring 17 by 11 centimeters.

The archive record does not identify the photographer or the circumstances under which the portrait was made. No further information about Barton's activities in 1894 or the significance of the brooch is provided in the cataloguing.

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Cabinet Cards

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