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CHÂTEAU de COURBAT

LE LIÈGE - TOURAINE

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A class in agriculture at the American Red Cross Agricultural Training School for French Mutiles,

Le Liege (Indre et Loire)

20 January 1919

Photographer : Grace Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Le Liège

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Mutile red cross chateau courbat le liege guerre 14 18 1914 1918 touraine

Recreation Barracks at the American Red Cross Agricultural Training School for French Mutiles,

Le Liege (Indre et Loire)

20 January 1919

Photographer : Grace Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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The kitchen garden at the American Red Cross Agricultural Training Centre for French Mutiles

at Le Liege (Indre et Loire).

Miss Harper chief of the Bureau of the re-education of mutiles and the head instructor of agriculture

20 January 1919

Photographer: Miss Harper.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Tractor and Binders at the American Red Cross Agricultural Centre for French Mutiles

at Le Liege (Indre et Loire)

20 January 1919

Photographer : Grace Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Our First Serbian Students in the American Red Cross Training Centre for French Mutiles

at Le Liege (Indre et Loire)

20 January 1919

Photographer : Grace Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Shepherd with "Corporal", his dog and flocks of sheep.

Five husky Boche prisoners in the background.

American Red Cross Agricultural Training Centre for French Mutiles. Le Liege (Indre-et-Loire)

20 January 1919

Photographer: Miss Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Woolen uniforms for Our Soldiers.

Sheep shearing by a reforme French soldier on a ARC farm at Le Courbat,

run by Miss Grace Harper head of the Bureau for the re-education of mutiles

June 1918

Photographer: ARC France.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Miss Grace Harper, chief of the Bureau of the Re-Education of Mutiles, of the American Red Cross, surrounded by the pupils of the school at Le Liege (Indre et Loire), France

24 January 1919

Photographer: Grace Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm) French soldiers who have been mutilated in the war working on the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture

all of these men are disabled in some way., stiff limbs, amputations etc.

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Mutile red cross chateau courbat le liege guerre 14 18 1914 1918 touraine

Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm) French soldiers who have been mutilated in the war

working on the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established

by the A.R.C. for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture.

The man in the foreground is using a hook in place of his amputated

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Mutile red cross chateau courbat le liege guerre 14 18 1914 1918 touraine

Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm)

AMERICAN RED CROSS worker distributing mail to the men in front of the recreation barrack

on the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture.

All of these men are disabled in some way

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm)

The man who is feeding pigs in holding the pail by means of a hook

which replaces his amputated arm.

On the farm le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Mutile red cross chateau courbat le liege guerre 14 18 1914 1918 touraine

Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm)

A lesson in cattle judging by the French officer in charge

under the direction of the AMERICAN RED CROSS

on the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture.

All of these men are disabled in some way

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm)

In the dairy on the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the A.R.C.

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture.

The man in the center of the picture uses very skillfully the hook

which replaces his amputatated arm

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Mutile red cross chateau courbat le liege guerre 14 18 1914 1918 touraine

Chateau du Courbat (Agricultural Farm)

The raising of sheep is a part of the work taught to the mutilated French soldiers

at the farm Le Courbat near Chenonceaux established by the A.R.C.

for the re-education of mutiles in agriculture

August 1918

Photographer: Guerin

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Two German prisoners and French officer who supervises them sowing wheat on ARC farm

at Le Liege for the re-education of men mutilated in the war

July 1918

Photographer: A.R.C. France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Intensive culture at ARC farm at Le Liege for the re-education of French soldiers crippled in the war.

One of them at work

July 1918

Photographer: A.R.C. France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Market garden and farm buildings at ARC farm at Le Liege

for the re-education of French soldiers mutilated in the war.

The men at work are crippled

July 1918

Photographer: A.R.C. France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Capt. Arnet, with Mrs. Atherton Smith acting as interpreter

discussing traction operations with a crippled French negro (from the Island of Martinique)

Photo taken at ARC farm at Le Liege for the re-education of soldiers mutilated in the war

July 1918

Photographer: A.R.C. France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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The American Red Cross Agricultural Training School at Le Liege (Indre et Loire)

French soldiers are trained here

20 January 1919

Photographer: Miss Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Special poster distributed throughout France

in advertisement of the American Red Cross training farm for Mutiles de la Guerre

November 1918

Photographer: Joseph A. Collin - Poster : Miss Harper

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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