Name/Title
Plaster of Paris statue of a Red Cross nurse and wounded soldier, c. 1918Entry/Object ID
2014.4.4Description
Acc. No. 14.4.4
Subject Category: Red Cross, Alameda Chapter
Date or Period: circa 1918
Object: Statue
Description: Cast plaster of Paris statue with two seated figures depicting a Red Cross nurse reading to a wounded soldier. The base has the caption, "The Letter from Home Somewhere in France." The statue is signed by M. J. Hynes, 1918 and "copyrighted". It has possibly been repainted and antiqued at some point.
Size: H-12 1/2”
History of Object: A World War 1 statuary grouping of a wounded soldier and a Red Cross nurse.
Acquired from: Same as Acc. No. 14.4.3
Date: 01/22/2014Interpretative Labels
Label
12/20/2020 MvL: current sign:
World War I
Commemorative
Red Cross casting
A plaster casting depicting a wounded soldier attended by an American Red Cross nurse
From the collection of the Alameda Chapter of the American Red Cross