File:Pauline Kirby (5493900611).jpg

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Summary

Description

Creator: United States Army

Subject: Kirby, Pauline United States Army Nurse Corps Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

Type: Black-and-White Prints

Date: 5/4/1954

Topic: Neurobehavioral disorders Psychiatry Women scientists

Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4824]

Summary: In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) had just been appointed Chief of the Nursing Service at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Kirby joined the ANC in 1926 and had served as the U.S. Army's assistant director of nurses in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, and assisted with the establishment of neuropsychiatric hospitals for wounded soldiers.

Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Date

Most likely 1954, given summary quoted above.

Source

Pauline Kirby uploaded by the Smithsonian Institution

Author

United States Army; restored by

Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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current	14:21, 27 November 2022		1,539 × 1,900 (1.23 MB)	Adam Cuerden
	17:09, 26 October 2020		1,539 × 1,900 (1.23 MB)	Adam Cuerden

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Image title	90-105, 11, "Portraits, Kin-Kiq"; "In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) had just been appointed Chief of the Nursing Service at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Kirby joined the ANC in 1926 and had served as the U.S. Army?s assistant director of nurses in "
User comments	90-105, 11, "Portraits, Kin-Kiq"; "In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) had just been appointed Chief of the Nursing Service at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Kirby joined the ANC in 1926 and had served as the U.S. Army?s assistant director of nurses in "
Headline	Pauline Kirby
Source	Smithsonian Institution Archives
Author	U.S. Army Photograph
Short title	SIA2008-4824
Date and time of data generation	11:35, 25 January 2011
JPEG file comment	90-105, 11, "Portraits, Kin-Kiq"; "In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) had just been appointed Chief of the Nursing Service at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. Kirby joined the ANC in 1926 and had served as the U.S. Army?s assistant director of nurses in "
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	314.96 dpc
Vertical resolution	314.96 dpc
Software used	GIMP 2.10.32
File change date and time	14:20, 27 November 2022
Color space	sRGB
Exif version	2.21
Image width	6,501 px
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Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:2665eceb-b028-4ab5-b46b-53bd29c9b5b1
Rating (out of 5)	0
Contact information	[email protected] http://siarchives.si.edu Washington, D.C., USA

File:Pauline Kirby (5493900611).jpg

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