Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: George Allen, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

  • H.C.F., of Gloucester, fl. between 1896 and 1901.
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George Allen, from Tredworth in Gloucester, getting better. Not vaccinated. Aged 56. Admitted to hospital 5 April 1896. Discharged from hospital 11 May 1896

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[1896]

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1 photograph : photonegative, glass ; glass 10.6 x 8 cm + envelope

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Geo. Allen (Tredworth) getting better. Not vac. Aged 56. Admitted to Hosp.l 5-4-96. Discharged from [Hosp.l] 11-5-96 Lettering on envelope consists of: handwritten description of patient, written in 1896, subsequently revised and extended in 1901; printed letters "O.H.M.S." (On Her Majesty's Service); and, in some cases, printed insignia of the "1st Glo'stershire Artillery Vol[untee]rs. Fidus et audax"

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