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Explore our collection of District Nursing photography past and present.

The Early Days

Including nurses visiting Buckingham Palace in 1901.

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District Nursing Today

Showing district nurses visiting an elderly patient in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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Rural Visits

Including visiting hop gardens and travellers in Herefordshire in 1940s.

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District Nurse 1949

Photographs featuring Dorothy Jeal and Nora Parsons shot in 1949.

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QN Magazine

Advertisements from the Queen’s Nurses’ Magazine, 1930/40s, and Edwardian period.

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District Nurses in Scotland

Photos of district nurses in Scotland.

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Worldwide

Showing district nurses around the globe.

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Cartoons

These unpublished cartoons were drawn by a patient in Newcastle in the 1920s, showing District Nurse Elsie Malcolm.

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Male Nurses

An album of male district nurses.

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Royal Patrons

The Royal Patrons of the QNI.

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Badges and insignia of the Institute

The history of the emblem of the Institute.

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District Nurses’ Homes

An album of District Nurses’ Homes.

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