Operating Room No. 6, U.S. Evacuation Hospital, WW1, with Extensive Notes Detailing Contents on Reverse tulip shelf though I like them just

though I like them just as objects

as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then

mysteriously written along one interior edge in ink

and the there are eye holes and two holes at the sides by which one could thread ribbon in order to wear it

with the same words painted on both sides and two holes drilled right through it for hanging

Operating Room No. 6, U.S. Evacuation Hospital, WW1, with Extensive Notes Detailing Contents on Reverse tulip shelf though I like them justInterior of Operating Room No. 6 at the U. S. Evacuation Hospital No. 1. This hospital was established in early 1918 near Sebastapol Barracks in France and became a crucial World War I medical unit. (Lots more about it and the other U. S. Evacuation Hospitals during WW1 here.) I believe this photo was likely taken just before or just after it opened, with meticulous, beautifully handwritten notes on reverse detailing its contents, down to diagramming