WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
HOSPITALS
AMBULANCES
MEDICAL STAFF
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An American Ambulance stuck in the snow.
December 1917
Print from R.C. Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Verdun
A first aid station near Verdun
December 1917
Print from R.C. Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Tea time for American Red Cross nurses at new American Red Cross hospital in Paris,
President Poincare dedicated the new hospital, which was formally the clinic of Dr. Doven
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : International Film Service
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Collecting and guarding the outfits of the wounded.
October 1917
Photographer : American Press Association
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
In the park of French Red Cross hospital, showing convalescents and nurses against great rock
December 1917
Photographer : Miss Carita Spencer.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Thiepval
Verdun
Red Cross men carrying wounded over the top of the trench in Thiepval village
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : Dr. Birkhead.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
American Hospital, Paris.
Dr. Blake's helpful supports for desperately wounded men
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer : International Film Service.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Courtyard of hospital of French Red Cross with convalescents and nurses.
4 Place de la Concorde Paris
December 1917
Photographer: Miss Carita Spencer.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
American Red Cross Hospital ward in Paris in charge of Miss Lions, daughter of V. Lions,
the New Life Insurance magnate. Miss Lions is shown at the left of the photograph standing up
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: International Film Service.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Paris
Fleet of Red Cross Hospital Barges in the Seine near Paris.
The barges have been converted into hospitals by the Union of the Women of France.
Each barge accommodates forty wounded
December 1917
Photographer: Underwood and Underwood.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Operating room. Dr. Blake's Hospital
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: A.R.C. Headquarters in Paris
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
German wounded at prayer in French Church converted into a hospital.
December 1917
Prints from R.C. Magazine, copyright released for Red Cross slide department.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
For identification of soldiers, lost, wounded or killed
all armies have adopted the method of hanging a metallic number around the soldier's neck.
This picture shows the Germans searching for such identification
on the slain after a heavy encounter.
They do so with specially prepared instruments and with rubber gloves
to insure themselves against possible infection
December 1917
Prints from R.C. Magazine, copyright released for Red Cross slide department.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Wounded having refreshments during a recent battle on the Western Front
October 1917
Photographer: American Press Association
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Le Touquet
Linen Room, Duchess of Westminster's Hospital at the Casino at Le Touquet,
October 1917
Photographer: Paul Thompson
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Boston Red Cross Nurses on board steamer leaving for front
October and November 1917
Photographer: Paul Thompson
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Up in the fields where ew [sic] brushed and sorted the soldiers clothes
after they had been fumigated.
After that they were washed and mended.
To do this for fifty or one hundred every two or three weeks is a steady job
November 1917
Photographer: Miss Marion Rice
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Portable laundry used by American Red Cross.
Both wagons are individually hauled by a two horse team
between 1917 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Red Cross auto with women drivers
between 1917 and 1920
Photographer: Major Perkins
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
French Red Cross nurses in entrance to field hospital
between 1917 and 1920
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Miss French, head of the ARC. diet kitchen says it is a wonder the children live at all in France because she can find none of the things they say are indispensable in America
May 1917
Photographer: ARC Commission to France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
An ambulance train off to the firing line.
All sorts of vehicles are mustered into the ambulance corps of the Belgian Army on its way
to the firing line to minister to the sick and wounded
December 1917
Photographer: Underwood and Underwood.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Meaux
Motor omnibus from the streets of Paris converted into an Ambulance.
It is seen with its complement of nurses and orderlies, waiting for the wounded at Meaux.
December 1917
Photographer: Underwood and Underwood.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)