Becker Archives Database

Sergeant H.E. Bowen in a hospital bed.

VC025-i025186
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten caption on the photograph reads: "Mustard gas. 56 C.C.S. Sgt. H. E. Bowen."

Close-up view of a thigh wound.

VC025-i025189
Item
August 6, 1917

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten caption on the photograph reads: "Anterior view. G.S.W. Rt. Thigh wound after (unreadable) muscles in gas infection. 2 weeks after operation. Pte. S. Westwood, wounded Jul 12; age 19, 2 yrs service. Aug 6, 1917."

View of three soldiers with wounds for exision.

VC025-i025190
Item
August 29, 1917

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten caption on the photograph reads: "Pts. Neat, Stanford, and Walsh. Aug 29, 1917. Wounds for exision. 5 days treatment."

Edwin C. Ernst with a wax model of Wilhelm Roentgen, St. Louis Medical Society Library exhibit.

VC025-i025199
Item
ca. 1960

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Group portrait of Al Reiser, Charlie Koch, Archev Nushan, and Mrs. Ritchey at a Base Hospital 21 reunion.

VC025-i025202
Item
November 18, 1962

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

View of a sign removed from the race course in Rouen as displayed on Edwin C. Ernst's cabin in St. Louis.

VC025-i025204
Item
n.d.

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten note accompanying the photograph reads: "This sign was removed from the top of the race course in Rouen, France - an important historical French symbol which has been since replaced."

Group portrait of the cast of "C'est la Guerre" in costume.

VC025-i025207
Item
1918

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Same as VC025291. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph (must refer to another photograph) reads: "American casualty from British unit with Type 2 blood. Because of his blood type, Dr. Joseph Magidson kept him at Base Hospital 21, while his entire unit was later wiped out."

Group portrait of men and women at a Base Hospital 21 reunion.

VC025-i025212
Item
November 18, 1962

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies the subjects as: "L to R. standing, Harry Kurka, Nushan, Simpson, Mrs. Ernst. Seated, Tody Dunneville, Ritchey Williams, Ed Winer."

Men and women at a Base Hospital 21 reunion.

VC025-i025214
Item
November 18, 1962

Part of Base Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings

Handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies the subjects as: "L. to R., standing: Mrs. Strobeck, Mrs. F. McKinney, Mrs. Tobias, Clinton Tobias, Floyd McKinney, Millie Ernst. Seated, Hilda Hamilton, Mae Gluck, Mrs. McCuddy."