.jpg)
WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
MUTILATED
SOLDIERS
page 4
With both his arms lost in battle along with his right eye,
this French soldier has survived the ordeal, has been fitted with the cleverest artificial arms
and now is able to hold his place in the field along with the whole limbed.
For many years to come the French fields will have to be manned principally by this class of labor
ca. 1918 or 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
London
Amer.
Workmen make new limbs for British Tommies
at the Roehampton military hospital workshops near London.
The final adjustments to make the new limb fit to the stump are made by J.A. Swaine of Indianapolis
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
London
A busy day on the Red Cross bus line, which carries wounded soldiers
from the London "tube" station to the Roehampton hospital,
where American workmen fit and adjust artificial limbs for the British army.
This Red Cross bus makes sixteen round trops daily.
A famous ARC poster "The First Three" is carried on the back platform
November 1918.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
.jpg)
London
[close up]
A busy day on the Red Cross bus line, which carries wounded soldiers
from the London "tube" station to the Roehampton hospital,
where American workmen fit and adjust artificial limbs for the British army.
This Red Cross bus makes sixteen round trops daily.
A famous ARC poster "The First Three" is carried on the back platform
November 1918.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Splint workshop, Villa St. Michel, Paris, under supervision of the American Red Cross.
Showing soldering plant
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Splint workshop, 183 Rue Lecourbe, Paris.
Under supervision of the American Red Cross.
Showing thigh and leg splints ready and awaiting transportation to warehouse
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Splint workshop, 183 Rue Lecourbe, Paris, under supervision of American Red Cross,
view showing lathes at work on making Maddox clamps
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Padding shop, Villa St. Michel, Paris,
under supervision of American Red Cross, showing Thomas Traction leg splint in course of padding, Thomas Traction arm and Sinclair modified splints
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Artificial limbs made according to American patterns
1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Tailoring Workshop at the National Institute
between 1917 and 1919
Photographer : Harris & Ewing.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
"Gillet" working apparatus is used by these men,
one of whom has lost his left arm, the other his right
between 1917 and 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Aluminum work arm "Gillet tool holder Jullien call Cultivateur, system Garden"
4 March 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Tool holder "Jullien" called Agriculteur with turning ring adjusted directly arm apparatus
4 March 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Grip "Lumiere," adjusted to an artificial elbow arm apparatus
4 March 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Universal Tool holder "Jullien", with turning ring called Agriculteur. This tool holder can be adapted to all kinds of agricultural work
4 March 1918
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)