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Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1904. A graduating class of nurses outside the main entrance to the Anna Jaques Hospital. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.
If I'm sick I want the only one who has a smile on her face. Second from the right. A few others appear to be suppressing smiles, leading me to believe that they were all told to adopt a dour expression commensurate with the gravity of their calling, but a few could not resist a faint guise of levity and ONE went full-out corners up and showed her teeth. Brava. Take my temperature.
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