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2011-02-10 12:37:00.0
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Digital Media Bank ID: 760
Original Filename: dmas_ha928112_d01.jpg
Description: Monochrome photograph showing rows of empty beds laid out in the Corn Exchange. Taken during Royal Pavilion estate's use as an Indian military hospital during the First World War. Probably taken in early 1916.
Categories: Timeline/ 1910s, Timeline/ World War One (1914-1918), Collections/ Local & Social History, Learning Themes/ WW1/ Photographs  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: Public Domain / CC0
Object or Artwork info
Type (of Object or Artwork): Photographic Print
Title (of Artwork / Object): Photographic Print
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): c1915
Description (Object or Artwork): This postcard shows the interior of the Corn Exchange in Brighton during its time as a hospital for wounded Indian soldiers. Hospital beds are positioned in six rows and at this stage the beds are empty. There is a figure standing in the centre. The Royal Pavilion, Dome and Corn Exchange acted as a military hospital for wounded Indian soldiers from December 1914 until early 1916.
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Other Keywords: hospital, medicine, Indian Corpsindian hospital
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Media: Image
Size: 4.07 MB; 3641 x 2574 pixels; 308 x 218 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
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Linked Accession no.: HA928112