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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CITIES and VILLAGES
ENJOYMENTS and PAINS
BOSNIA
Bosnia
Why schools are popular in Bosnia.
Under the system of American food distribution by the Red Cross is Bosnia,
the children who receive it must attend school regularly.
Clothes are issued on the same system,
being given to those who keep themselves clean according to American sanitary standards.
Cocoa, soup, milk, rolls and white bread are the rations issued.
This shows a group of "honor" children with the local food committee
31 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
When the A.R.C. went into Bosnia to help the children,
it also helped to establish handcraft schools for children.
This picture was taken in one of the classes in cobbling aided by the Red Cross.
It was a part of the school work. None of the children in this group are more than twelve years of age
5 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Where the great war started.
In Sarajevo, province of Bosnia,
the excuse for the Great War was made by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
It brought untold suffering and misery to the children of this country.
Many died from starvation until the American Red Cross opened its feeding stations.
Here are shown a group of school children about a Red Cross canteen in Sarajevo
31 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Plenty of free water and air. But that is about all there is left in Sarajvo,
the Bosnia town in which the Great War started.
This is a scene in the poorest quarter, a Mohammedan mother and her little daughter
filling their Turkish jugs with drinking water to sell on the streets,
the American Red Cross directed the feeding of 5,000 under nourished children daily in Sarajevo.
Types of those that received A.R.C. aid are shown in the background
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The evening scene at the biggest mosque in Sarajevo.
Those who can't get inside can be seen kneeling on the wide portico
while a beggan man and woman hover about the entrance.
Note the bare feet of the worshippers and the rack of shoes and sandals in the entrance.
A Mohammadan always takes off his shoes while at prayer.
For the first time in the history of this Bosnian town a religious custom
was broken shortly after the American Red Cross arrived.
The priests issued a proclamation permitting children and mothers to break
a religious fast and partake of food distributed by the Red Cross
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Red Cross old clothes being prepared for distribution in warehouse at Sarajevo
12 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Comitadjis serbes faits prisonniers à Kreka près Touzla
Print shows two officers with a large group of Serbian men, possibly civilians or soldiers,
most are barefoot, captured at Kreka near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1915
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C