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While female nurses dominated the Mercy Ship expedition, it carried a small number of surgeons too. Seven of them hailed from Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine. They are pictured here in a photo from the voyage. M.H. Todd was an…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in Don Giovanni costume. Back stamped "Rosa Ponselle in DonGiovanni" with "From the Metropolitan Musical Bureau 38 W. 42nd St., New York City" scratched out, also stamped "Management Libbie Miller, 113, West 57th Street,…

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Elizabetta in "Don Carlo" in ornate gown with crown band and heavy make up. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc. and handwritten "Ponselle as Elizabetta in Don Carlo"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in "Ernani" on stairs. Back stamped "photo. By Bain News Service."

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in crown and long velvet cape . Press release on back stating she will be "guest soloist on second of the weekly half hour programs sponsored by the Simmons Company over WABC". Stamped "Ref. Dept. Mar 31 1931 N.E.A."

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as La Gioconda standing in beaded gown and head wrap with arms spread out against the wall.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in "Andrea Chenier" in bonnet and white kerchief. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc." and handwritten "Rosa Ponselle in 'Andrea Chenier'"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Mathilde in William Tell with autograph from 1975. Long velour gown with poof sleeves and pearl face-framing headdress and large rock in background. Back has handwritten "Rosa Ponselle as Matilde in Wm Tell"

Rosa Ponselle Diamond Jubilee Invitation February 22, 1972 with photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Rezia (Oberon) with invitation on reverse from host Francis Robinson for celebration at Columbia University. Autographed by Rosa Ponselle in 1975 (age 78).