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Actions	Spanish Civil War: Aileen Palmer and Thora Silverthorne on Aragon front Remove from selection Add to selection TitleSpanish Civil War: Aileen Palmer and Thora Silverthorne on Aragon front ReferenceIMG/EVT/SPAIN/015 Date n.d. Scope and ContentPhotograph of Aileen Palmer and Thora Silverthorne sitting on a bench. Extent1 photograph Physical descriptionDimensions (Height x Width) 6.1cm x 8.5cm Archival historyAileen Palmer (1915-1988), was an Australian who went to Barcelona to observe the unfolding revolution in Spain, and specifically to help as interpreter at the Workers Olympiad in Barcelona in July 1936. When war broke out she acted as an interpreter in the field hospitals of the republic, until she went to England in 1938. Flora Silverthorne (1910-1998), was a Welsh nurse who had always been active in left wing politics, and was sometimes known as 'Red Silverthorne', she continued to be involved in left wing politics and causes throughout her life. Persons keywordPalmer, Aileen (1915-1988), Silverthorne, Thora SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939), Health care workers, Hospitals Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ Spain Photographs Box 1 (Room 24)

TitleSpanish Civil War: Aileen Palmer and Thora Silverthorne on Aragon front

ReferenceIMG/EVT/SPAIN/015

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Scope and ContentPhotograph of Aileen Palmer and Thora Silverthorne sitting on a bench.

Extent1 photograph

Physical descriptionDimensions (Height x Width) 6.1cm x 8.5cm

Archival historyAileen Palmer (1915-1988), was an Australian who went to Barcelona to observe the unfolding revolution in Spain, and specifically to help as interpreter at the Workers Olympiad in Barcelona in July 1936. When war broke out she acted as an interpreter in the field hospitals of the republic, until she went to England in 1938. Flora Silverthorne (1910-1998), was a Welsh nurse who had always been active in left wing politics, and was sometimes known as 'Red Silverthorne', she continued to be involved in left wing politics and causes throughout her life.

Persons keywordPalmer, Aileen (1915-1988), Silverthorne, Thora

SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939), Health care workers, Hospitals

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ Spain Photographs Box 1 (Room 24)

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