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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
CONTREXEVILLE
Contrexéville
Soldier Farmers.
Convalescents starting to work on the American Red Cross farm near Contrexeville France
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Contrexeville.
Convalescents at work in ARC gardens.
Each man has his plot to care for, a great help in the rebuilding of the men
24 June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Tractor used in cultivating AMERICAN RED CROSS hospital garden at Contrexeville,
which is one of the largest of several gardens connected with AMERICAN RED CROSS hospitals.
The work is done by convalescent soldiers, providing them with the outdoor exercise
they need and supplying the hospitals with fresh vegetables
September 1918
Photographer: Capt. Thompson
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Tractor used in cultivating AMERICAN RED CROSS hospital garden at Contrexeville,
which is one of the largest of several gardens connected with AMERICAN RED CROSS hospitals.
The work is done by convalescent soldiers, providing them with the outdoor exercise
they need and supplying the hospitals with fresh vegetables
September 1918
Photographer : Capt. Thompson
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Contrexeville.
Work in ARC gardens
24 June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Contrexeville.
Work in ARC gardens
24 June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Miss Ethel Hurley of Chicago takes naturally to looking after boys,
as her father Judge T.D. Hurley was the founder of the juvenile court in Chicago.
Miss Hurley helps to make the American Red Cross recreation hut at Contrexeville
a place where the soldiers like to go for refreshments and amusements
17 November 1918
Photographer William C. Dorsey
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The U.S. Army has a new officer.
Here she is, Miss Eva Sorenson, of Virginia, Minn.
She is the Commander-in-Chief of the "Crutch Squad".
Four men had their right legs wounded and four their left legs put out of commission,
and they are shown here being put thru the manual of arms.
This was Christmas Day at Contrexeville, France, 1918.
Miss Sorensen is the directrice of the American Red Cross Recreation Hut
25 December 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Group of American Red Cross workers in front of the American Red Cross baths
operated for the American Army at Contrexville.
In the centre of the group is Miss Hurley, of Chicago,
directrice of the American Red Cross canteen at Contrexeville
17 November 1918
Photographer William C. Dorsey
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Wounded man (on stretcher) and others just arrived going to their baths in Contrexeville bath house in June 1918.
Over 4000 baths were given convalescent soldiers recently arrived from the front
A wounded American about to be given a bath at the American Red Cross bath house near hospital No. [?].
The men, still covered with mud and slime, are brought back on hospital trains from the front.
On their arrival they are carried in ambulances directly to the Red Cross baths
where, after the wounded parts are covered with special rubber bandages to keep them dry,
they are bathed and taken to the hospital.
June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Waiting for a Bath.
The word "bath" is not in the dictionary as far as the men in the trenches go,
so when they get back en repos for a few days they are glad to wait in line for a long time to get one.
This picture shows the front of the famous bath house at Contrexeville
has been taken over by the American Red Cross for the use of our boys.
23 June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Lieut. Mahaffey, A.R.C. in front of the American Red Cross bath house for American soldiers
17 November 1918
Photographer William C. Dorsey
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The bath house at Contrexeville.
Before the war this was a famous health resort.
It was taken over by the American Red Cross and operated for the benefit of the American soldiers
17 November 1918
Photographer William C. Dorsey
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany working for the wounded.
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany and another American Red Cross worker supervising the installation
of an American Red Cross Sunshine Room in an American hospital.
When all other means fail to bring the wounded men back to a cheerful mental condition,
they are placed in these cheerful and home-like rooms.
Rooms of this sort are used largely for men suffering shell shock
24 June 1918
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany, Army cantine worker, ARC
10 June 1918
Photographer: ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)