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Nuns? Nurses? Women in uniform? Hygiene or what. It is strange to see the dress given the nature of the work they were doing!

Very high ceiling without a picture rail where the flies used to breed. I cannot work out if they are gas mantles that have been converted to electric lights. I remember gas lights with 2 chains hanging to regulate the gas supply. www.1900s.org.uk/1900s-lighting.htm

Swordscookie I'm thinking volunteers, some of whom may well have been nurses. But given the nature of the enterprise and that it was probably run in a very disciplined manner, that they were expected to wear the apron and veil affair; and for hygiene too as you say...

Probably standard Red Cross uniforms for the period.

The system they used to get in all our lives,.The schools & hospitals,.Now we can't get them out,.Thank you, Brenda,.did you happen to see this,. Smiling Eamon de Valera "Follier Upper"

This is possibly H.E. Elphinstone of the Cross-Country Club, Baltimore. According to the New York Times June 13, 1909 article, Y.M.C.A. Boy Wins Marathon, he came in second in the 1909 Washington Marathon.

Unusual name, he must somehow be related to the terrible British general Elphinstone, whose actions led to British Army massacre in Afghanistan, as described in the novel "Flashman" by George MacDonald Fraser, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Keith_Elphinstone

I saw this print recently (MLK Library, perhaps?) and loved it. Great shot. Can anyone tell me where this is? What building that is? What streets/intersection this is? Thanks.

Ivan Sciupac: That's a tough one. I wandered around with Google Streetview to try to find the building and, frankly, trying to find a columned building in Washington is like trying to find a snowflake in Aspen. However, the double-columned style is fairly unique while bearing a resemblance to many of the buildings around the Federal Archives. Still, I had no luck. Maybe somebody with more time than I have could use Google Streetview to find it by following the old trolley routes: Wikipedia: Streetcars in Washington D.C..

Thanks, pixeljones. Nice analogy! I might just try walking around the area and see what I can find. Actually, now that I look at it in a larger size, I'm reminded of 17th Street with the building possibly being OEOB? I think I might be right about this. At least, it's possible. Look at the MAP. The Red "Washington and Georgetown" Line crossed in front of the White House and went up Pennsylvania.

Nieuport 27 C1 B6821 (delivered 2 AD Candas 11 October 1917)