Sister M.M. Joseph

Nuns as nurses

Sisters of Mercy

Nursing--United States--History

Women--1860-1870

Portrait photographs--1860-1870

Tobin, Mary Madeline

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

War work--Catholic Church

Beaufort (N.C.)

Full-length portrait of a seated Sister of Mercy, holding her rosary beads in both hands, as photographed by Mathew Brady. Misidentified as Sister M. M. Joseph, the young Catholic nun's name is Mother Mary Madeline Tobin. She is dressed in the habit of her religious order and served at a Beaufort, N.C. military hospital.

War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (8/1/1866 - 9/18/1947)

Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.) 1858- ?, Photographer

National Archives

1921/1940

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

Tobin, Mary Madeline

Unrestricted

Is Part Of Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921 - 1940, Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

English

Still Image

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/525814

111-B-1609

1860-1865

Negative