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Uploaded on:: 2011-02-10 10:57:00.0
File Size:: 4.80 MB
Extension:: jpg
Dimensions:: 5159 x 3286 pixels

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Digital Media Bank ID:	748
Original Filename:	dmas_ha927579_d01.jpg
Description:	Monochrome photographic postcard showing Indian soldiers in rows of beds inside the Dome. Taken during its use as an Indian military hospital, 1915.
Categories:	Timeline/ 1910s, Timeline/ World War One (1914-1918), Collections/ Local & Social History, Learning Themes/ WW1/ Photographs, Learning Themes/ Royal Pavilion/ Indian Military Hospital (1914-1916), Collections/ Local & Social History/ Historic Postcards

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Credit:	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence:	Public Domain / CC0

Object or Artwork info

Type (of Object or Artwork):	Postcard
Title (of Artwork / Object):	15. The Dome
Creator (of Artwork / Object):	A H Fry
Date Created (of Object / Artwork):	1916-1918
Description (Object or Artwork):	This postcard shows the interior of The Dome in Brighton during its time as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers. Hospital beds containing wounded soldiers are positioned across the circular room. The Royal Pavilion, Dome and Corn Exchange acted as a military hospital for wounded Indian soldiers from December 1914 until early 1916.
Source (of Object / Artwork):	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Subject tags:	dome indian photograph war WWI Royal Pavilion Indian Military Hospital
Other Keywords:	hospital, medicine, Indian Corps
Place:	Latitude: 50.8224 Longitude: -0.1377 View on map \| Find nearby items

Media:	Image
Size:	4.80 MB; 5159 x 3286 pixels; 437 x 278 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation:	Landscape

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Linked Accession no.:	HA927579