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HOSPITALS

AMBULANCES

MEDICAL STAFF

Page 5

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Vosges

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A Sleigh Ambulance, part of the equipment of the Medical Corps of the French Alpinist Regiment

for use in the Vosges.

October 1917 

Photographer Paul Thompson.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Carriers used to gather up the wounded behind the battle lines to convey them

to the base hospitals on the French front.

November 1917

Prints loaned for slide reproduction by Kadel & Herbert, N.Y.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Saint Jean de Luz

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Benevole Hospital, St. Jean de Luz.

The Radiograph

Hôpital bénévole n°86 Saint Jean de Luz – Radiographie

Photographer  Georges Le Coq - Miss Carita Spencer

December 1917

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An American Ambulance in Verdun.

December 1917

Print from R.C. Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Verdun

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Verdun

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Ambulance and first aid station at 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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Prosnes

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Prosnes (Marne).

Wounded French soldiers helped in to an American Ambulance

November 1917

Photographer  : French Official.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Nesle

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Mrs. Robert Goodale of Seattle, Wash. Nurses Aid and Social Worker.

Nesle, Somme

November 1917

Photographer   : Baldwin, 5.18, Miss Andrews, Dr. Manning, 23.5.18.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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This picture shows the ambulances attached to the relief stations on the Western Front

amidst the debris and ruins after a battle "Somewhere in France."

In the foreground can be seen some of the corps looking for dead or wounded.

October 1917

Photographer : Paul Thompson

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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A group of nurses at a base hospital

"Somewhere in France"

October 1917

Photographer: American Press Association

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Photographer: American Press Association

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Instruction in stretcher drill in front of American ambulance hospital

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Paris

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Red Cross Laboratory at Dr. Blake's Hospital, Paris

between 1917 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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In one of the wards at the American Military Hospital #1.

October 1917

Print from Red Cross Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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One of the endowed beds at the American Military Hospital #1 in Paris.

These beds bay be endowed for $600. a year.

Checks should be sent to American Military Hospital, 14 Wall Street, New York.

Notice the plate above the bed, on this is inscribed

a name selected by the society or individual endowing the bed and reports are sent to the donor

October 1917

Print from Red Cross Magazine. Copyright released for Red Cross Slide Department

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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At a Poste de Secours

November 1917

Photographer: French Official

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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American Red Cross Metropolitan Canteens.

First Aid Station

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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An immense skating rink in the ancient city of Heliopolis, Egypt, which was converted

into a hospital by the English to take care of the wounded during the Galipolli campaign

December 1917

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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A soldier bride and groom, receive the congratulations of a wounded officer

November 1917

Prints from Red Cross Magazine, copyright released for Red Cross slide department

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Picture shows the bodies of dead Germans who charged the French trenches, being placed in sacks preparatory to burial.

November 1917

Prints from Red Cross Magazine, copyright released for Red Cross slide department

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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