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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)

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Verdun

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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)

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Paris

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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)

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Collecting and guarding the outfits of the wounded.

October 1917

Photographer  : American Press Association

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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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)

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Thiepval

Verdun

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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)

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Paris

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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)

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Paris

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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)

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Paris

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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)

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Paris

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Le Touquet

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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American Red Cross auto with women drivers

between 1917 and 1920

Photographer: Major Perkins

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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French Red Cross nurses in entrance to field hospital

between 1917 and 1920

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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)

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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)

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Meaux

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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)

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