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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Edwin Davis, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Edwin Davis, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

name · 1896

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Edwin Davis 9 L. Barton St. Non vac. Nearly worst stage slightly better. Lettering on envelope consists of: handwritten description of patient; printed letters "O.H.M.S." (On Her Majesty's Service); and printed insignia of the "1st Glo'stershire Artillery Vol[untee]rs. Fidus et audax"

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