Original WW1 era postcard of group of cheerful district nurses with bicycles, wearing Queen's Institute of District Nurses (QNI) badges on hats - working on the home front, circa 1915,
Dated from the skirt length just touching the calves to 1915. The Queen's Institute of District Nurses is the oldest professional nursing organisation in the UK and believed to be the oldest nursing charity in the world*. The charity was originally founded to organise the training of District Nurses and this was its core function until the 1960s, in a model that was copied across the world.
Size: 6760px × 4337px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © ThislifeThen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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