A Swiss hospital train, World War I: interior view of a converted goods train, used to transport severely wounded prisoners of war. Photograph, 1914/1918.

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1914-1918
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581923i
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A Swiss hospital train, World War I: interior view of a converted goods train, used to transport severely wounded prisoners of war. Photograph, 1914/1918. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1914-1918

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 19.2 x 26.3 cm

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The Swiss were allegedly the first to convert and utilise ordinary trains for this purpose

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Hospital train, Swiss - a transformed goods train - for the transport of badly wounded prisoners of war ... Swiss goods trains transformed into hospital trains for the transport of badly wounded interned prisoners of war Typescript label pasted on verso and pencil inscription on verso

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Wellcome Collection 581923i

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