JF Ptak Science Books   Post 1100

I was very taken by this image, a photograph made of three Sisters on their way back from attending a funeral service for their compatriot, Sister Lowe, a fellow Canadian nurse killed by a German bomb dropped from an airplane in 1918.  It is from my collection of photo news service images, this one owned and distributed by Underwood & Underwood.  More often than not the photographs were accompanied by a sheet of brief text describing the image.  This photo text was dated 8 July 1918 and reads:

 




“Another German victory manifested itself several weeks ago when Boche air flyers bombed a defenceless Canadian general hospital in France.  This Canadian Official picture shows Canadian Sisters preparing to return to their hospital after attending the funeral of Sister Lowe who died of wounds received during the raid. Note the grave of an American nurse who was killed during a previous air raid.”

They evidently stopped to pay their respects.  Its the tiny flags that got to me–I think they’re homemade.