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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CHILDREN IN THE WAR
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Evian les Bains
Andree and Marie.
American Red Cross Hospital for Children. Evian les Bains. Chatelet Hospital
between 1917 and 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de France
American Committee for the Devastated Regions of France
A woman in a military uniform is aiding a woman with two small children.
1917
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A repatriated French lad who was a prisoner in Germany for 18 months.
His father still remains in the prison camp, but his mother and six brothers and sisters
have also been repatriated and are in the Hautes-Pyrenees with other refugees
November 1917
Photographer : Davis.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Evian les Bains
Jean "Has beaten pneumonia."
A.R.C. Hospital for children. Evian les Bains.. Chatelet Hospital
between 1917 and 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
The explosion at la Courneuve near Paris knocked down
the walls and scattered glass over the babies who were in these cribs.
The ARC nurses who helped still marvel that there was no loss of life
May 1917
Photographer : ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Sainte Foy l'Argentière
Chateau des Halles. Home for convalescent repatrie children at St. Foy l'Argentiere.
Five youngsters tucked snug in bed. Louis, the happiest, has been there longest
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Blois
Reims
Poperinghe
Thann
Little girls in the colony of the Comite Franco-Americain
pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere, at Blois.
These children come from Reims, Poperinghe, Thann, les Ardennes and all along the zone of fire which the bombardment had forced them to evacuate.
There are 43 little girls in this colony.
In addition to their school work the children are taught house-keeping, laundry work and sewing.
The more delicate children work in the garden
November 1917
Photographer : Davis
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Enfants adoptés.
Meyer
between 1917 and 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Gymnastic exercises on the terrace at La Jonchere,
the Sanatorium of the Comite Franco-Americain pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontière,
in which the delicate children from all the colonies of the Committee are placed
for observation, special medical care and special diet.
The building in which the sanatorium is installed is situated on an elevation one-half hour
from Paris, and is generously loaned to the Comite by Madam Philippe Berard and her three sons who are at the front.
The sanatorium accommodates 50 children and is under the special protection of
Mrs. Roberts Woods Bliss
November 1917
Photographer : Davis.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Evian les Bains
Little brother and his best nurse. A.R.C. Hospital for children. Evian les Bains . Chatelet Hospital
between 1917 and 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.
A sewing lesson in the park of one of colonies in Normandy
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Major Perkins.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A child who dies of tuberculosis because of the war
November 1917
Photographer : Davis
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Shows bad housing conditions of refugees in Paris
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Major Perkins.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Refugees from the Pas-de-Calais.
The father, a miner with his wife and four children fled losing all they possessed. Illness
added to their misery: the mother died of tuberculosis laryngitis.
Although the man is in poor health himself, he works in a mind,
but as the place is exposed to shelling, he was worried about his children,
so the Comité pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontière two took of the young ones
November 1917
Photographer : Davis
First aid practice of Bavarian youngsters who are imbued with the spirit of the times
December 1917
Photographer: Underwood and Underwood.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Group of repatries children ready to start for games out of doors
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: Major Perkins.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Toul
Toul.
French children are good but they don't always like to brush their teeth
May 1917
Photographer: ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Saint Valery en Caux
Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.
Children mending their clothes
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: Major Perkins.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)