Name/TitleCigarette card: Red Cross Nurse
About this objectBlack Cat Cigarettes Women on War Work Series No. 32: Red Cross Nurse. A caption on the back states: 'Hospital nursing is of course essentially women's work; but the conditions under which they are working to-day are entirely without parallel. Hospitals, hospital ships, and trains are frequently under deliberate enemy fire, but these fine women have shewn themselves utterly indifferent to danger, and quite devoted to their duty.'
MakerCarreras Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1916
PeriodFirst World War
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesEst. 1788, London, England and Montreal, Quebec
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 69 x W: 37 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Subject and Association KeywordsRed Cross
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's work & labour
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
Subject and Association KeywordsNursing
Subject and Association DescriptionCollectible cigarette cards were issued by tobacco manufacturers between 1875 and the 1940s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_card. Women on War Work was a series of 50 issued by Carreras Ltd around 1916.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCigarette card
Object numberGWL-2017-84-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved