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CHILDREN IN THE WAR

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Two of the 20,000 children to whom Christmas, 1917,

was a red letter day because the American Red Cross was in France

1917

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Hospital in France with A.R.C. Aid. Boy helping convalescent soldier to shave;

November 1917

Photographer: Miss Marion Rice

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Lille

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This little family from Lille, a paralysed old woman with her daughter and two little children,

was forced out of Lille the 25th of December 1917.

They were transferred to Belgium, staying there three weeks

when they suffered cruelly from cold and hunger,

having been reduced to exchanging a few pieces of soap for potatoes.

They are now being taken care of the American Red Cross

1917

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Nantes

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Nantes.

Refugee children: Andrée, Léone, Raymonde, Denise, Charlotte.

Long live the generous Americans.

Surgical Dressing Committee

December  1917

Photographer: Miss Carita Spencer

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Sassetot le Mauconduit

Les Grandes Dalles

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Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.

Children of the colony at Grandes Dalles on the seashore

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : Major Perkins.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Toul

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Here comes the Englishman, is the cry when the daring English aviator rises to amuse

the children with his sweep and dashes at Toul

where the ARC has its asylum for children from the front

May 1917

Photographer: ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Toul

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Going up to see the Doctor at recess.

The children at the A.R.C. asylum for children from the front at Toul

all feel that Doctor Ladd is one of their parents

May 1917

Photographer : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Toul

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Toul. Refugee children

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer  Major Perkins.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Paris

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Dr. Parker of the Red Cross Childrens' Bureau, examining a refugee child

at Rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris.

Many of the children who come to this dispensary are undernourished and under-fed;

menaced by the plague of tuberculosis. Red Cross nurse is alertly watching the doctor

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Yvetot

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This little boy was found in bed beside his dead mother,

scolding and striking her breast because she no longer kept him warm.

He is now at the colony of the Comité Franco-Américain

pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontière, Yvetot, Normandy

November 1917

Photographer: Davis

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Sainte Foy l'Argentière

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Chateau de Halles.

Home for convalescent repatrie children at St. Foy l'Argentiere.

It is nearly four long years since these children had had sp many toys or been so happy.

Some of them never had many toys even in peace time

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.

Learning laundry

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : Major Perkins

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Versailles

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Class in lace making at Les Ombrages, a colony at Versailles of

the Comité Franco-Américain pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontière

November 1917

Photographer: Davis

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Saint Paër

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Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.

Children of the colony at St. Paër learning housekeeping duties

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer : Major Perkins

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Barentin

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Colonies scolaires des Enfants de l'Yser.

Colony at Barentin.

A great treat for the little ones

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer  Major Perkins.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Paris

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In the Grenelle Mission, Paris, where the American Red Cross maintains a medical dispensary

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer  : Major Perkins.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Morangis

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Foot race in the "Avenue of Trees" at Morangis, France,

where the Comité Franco-Américain pour la Protection des Enfants de la Frontiere maintains

a colony for 65 boys from the invaded districts

November 1917

Photographer  : Davis

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Alsatian boys under the care of the French American Committee of the Frontiere. France

between 1917 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress

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A little boy who has been injured by an obus in a hospital a few kilometers from the fighting lines.

This ward of the hospital is established in what was formerly a chapel.

Just before the picture was taken the little boy received a Croix de Guerre

which had been awarded to his brother at the front, and who fearing that he might be killed

sent it back to his godson to keep for him

November 1917

Photographer: Davis.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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