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Photograph of a Group of Nurses

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@ Private Collection of Mike Cochran

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Photograph of a group of African American women dressed in traditional white nurse dresses, hose, shoes and hats. Behind the group is a door on one wall and a window with a shade on the left wall. The nurses are each holding a candle in their right hand for a traditional graduation, called 'pinning', in which they read the 'Nightingale Pledge'.1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 7 x 9 cm.
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Private Collection of Mike Cochran

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