Nurses have long since stood at the core of medicine. Their countless acts of heroism, fortitude, and bravery is unparalleled as we’ve seen over the years. Whether it was within frantic hospitals or wartime tents down on the battlefields themselves, nurses serve as far more than caregivers. Check out these 18 vintage photos of nurses being the heroes they are over the ages.
1. World Famous British Writer, Agatha Christie, Serving as a Field Nurse During WWI, 1914
2. Nursing Students Strike a Pose Together in Their Uniforms, 1980s
3. A WWI Red Cross Nurse Poses for a Picture, Circa 1910
4. ‘My Mother’s Nursing School Graduation Photo, Circa 1968’
5. US Army Nurses Outside a Field Hospital in France During WWII, August 1944
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6. Graduating Class of Nurses From New York’s Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, 1912
7. ‘My Mother Upon Graduating From Nursing College in 1957’
8. A Father Faints After Nurses Show Him His Newborn Twins at a Hospital in New York City, 1946
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9. A Group of Nurses Kneels To Pray Before the Start of a Day’s Work at a Hospital in Leeds, England, 1956
10. Eight-Year-Old Rózyczka Gozdziewska Worked as a Nurse During The Warsaw Uprising, 1944
11. ‘My Grandma Working as a WW2 Nurse’
12. Two Red Cross Nurses Playing Soccer During a Break, 1939
13. ‘My Great Aunt (Graduating From Nursing School) Looking Like the Epitome of the 1960s’
14. Capping Ceremony at the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1971
15. A Nurse and Orderly Transport a Patient on a Stretcher at a Children’s Hospital in Canada, 1915
16. A Smiling Nurse Charts on a Hospital Computer, 1998
17. Nurses Need Breaks, Too: Students From St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Duluth, Minnesota, Enjoying Some Tunes and Billiards, 1937
18. ‘Nurses in Training, Circa 1964’
Any curiosity about other professions?
There are plenty of antiquated professions to explore in 12 Jobs You’ll Probably Never See Again, along with 15 Powerful Photos of Everyday Jobs From Mid-Century America. You might also be interested in 10 Boomer Side Hustles That Built the Middle Class.
