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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
CHILDREN IN THE WAR
Page 5
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)
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)
Lille
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)
Nantes
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)
Sassetot le Mauconduit
Les Grandes Dalles
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)
Toul
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)
Toul
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)
Toul
Toul. Refugee children
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer Major Perkins.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
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)
Yvetot
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)
Sainte Foy l'Argentière
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)
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)
Versailles
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)
Saint Paër
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)
Barentin
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)
Paris
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)
Morangis
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)
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
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)