Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Baby Mattie Hancock with Doll, 1918 |
Description |
A black and white photograph of Mattie Louise Hancock (later Mrs. Basil D. Warren) at the age of 16 months (circa 1918) in front of her home at 331 Church Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia. She is dressed in a child's version of a Red Cross nurse's uniform. Her doll is dressed as a World War I infantryman and his head is bandaged. The doll is lying on a pillow and she is caring for him. The inscription on the back of the photograph indicates that she is tending to a "soldier" who was wounded in France. |
Object ID |
2009.20.01 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1918 |
Year Range from |
1918 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Subjects |
Red Cross Dolls World War I Costumes Nurses Nursing Uniforms Soldiers Infantry Hospitals, Field Hospitals, Military Hospitals Playing Children Children playing adults Girls |
Search Terms |
Roanoke, Virginia Church Avenue France Red Cross Red Cross Volunteers World War I |
People |
Hancock, Mattie Louise Warren, Mrs. Basil D. |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
022\2009201.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |