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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
ROMANIA
Page 2
Romania
Miss Florence Patterson of Chicago,
in charge of American Red Cross work for children in Bucharest (left)
and Mrs. Prezan, wife of Chief of Staff of the Roumanian Army
3 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Roumanian Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
As good as candy to these undernourished children of Roumania are the biscuits made of real flour from the United States.
Queen Marie of Roumania is distributing these biscuits, and Col. Henry W. Anderson, ARC. Commissioner to the Balkans stands beside her.
Col. Anderson is in charge of the relief work in the Balkan States
11 August 1919
Photographer : ARC. Balkan Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Roumanian mothers with their babies emerging from the American Red Cross dispensary at Galatz.
The Red Cross has several of these child welfare stations distributed throughout the country.
They are teaching the mothers child hygiene as well as treating sick children
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
War orphans of Roumania.
These are war orphans of Sascut, Roumania,
seated in their classroom at the orphanage established by the American Red Cross.
They are fed, clothed and given medical attention by American doctors and nurses,
as part of the Red Cross work for children in the Balkans
27 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
In an old Roman building at Sascut, Roumania, the American Red Cross founded an orphanage, where more than a hundred War Orphans are quartered.
It is under the patronage of Queen Marie,
who has taken a personal interest in the American Red Cross work for children in her country
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
At Sascut, Roumania.
The American Red Cross has established an orphanage.
These children did not know what it was to play
until the Red Cross workers taught them some American games.
Now they gather on the hillside near the Orphanage everyday,
go through the drill of Calisthenics and play for an hour.
Most of them are War Orphans
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A group of Roumanian peasants and their children waiting for American clothes distribution
at a Red Cross station at Ostrov, Roumania.
These poor people had all their possessions confiscated by the invading armies
and have lived for four years in rags pieced together in every conceivable way
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
In front of one of the American Red Cross distributing station in the Focsani district of Roumania.
When Miss Kathrine Holmes of Newton, Mass. and Lt. Arthur D. Fulton, of Baltimore,
arrive with their camionette load of clothing the children swarm around like flies
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
In front of one of the American Red Cross distributing station in the Focsani district of Roumania.
When Miss Kathrine Holmes of Newton, Mass. and Lt. Arthur D. Fulton, of Baltimore,
arrive with their camionette load of clothing the children swarm around like flies
23 October 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Bringing milk into Roumanian Town.
Much of the milk consumed in the larger towns of Roumania is brought in by peasant women,
who trudge for miles along the roadways, carrying the milk cans on their heads.
This relatively small supply of milk from the country districts is insufficient
to meet the demands of the city population.
In fact there is a grave shortage of milk which is particularly unfortunate
on account of the hardship it imposes on the children.
The American Red Cross has distributed large quantities of condensed milk
for the destitute Roumanian children
25 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. Official Red Cross Photo
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A group of young and old Romanians made happy with gift of clothing
from the American Red Cross Mission.
The man on the extreme right spent ten years in New York and is an American citizen.
He contracted tuberculosis while serving in the Romanian Army and was an invalid home.
He had a wife and two children, who were cared for by the ARC mission
5 February 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
"I'se in town, Honey."
In the words of a well, known food advertisement this negro mother with her two children announced her arrival at an American Red Cross station in Roumanian town
near the Bessarabian border.
She is a Mohammedan negress, descendant of the sleeves imported
from Africa by the old Roman conquerors.
She heard of the American relief effort, and tramped miles to get some food and clothes
for her children.
The type and color of her garments shows the characteristics of the Oriental blood
that has crept into her blood.
Nowhere but in the Near East can be found such a conglomerate mixture of races
4 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
American Methods Reach Roumania.
According to all forecasts of the day Europe will gradually wake up
to American theories of child welfare and an attempt to take strides forward
in this direction long enough to try to catch up with the past years of neglect.
In Roumania where the death rate is very great, owing to Tuberculosis and other wasting diseases that have followed upon the heels of war, this Roumanian girl,
trained under American medical experts while the Red Cross was there,
is preparing special foods for invalid babies and children.
Mothers beg her advice in saving lives and she holds special classes in instructing
them in simple health rules and hygiene.
The Junior Red Cross of America has given her a shipment of milk and baby foods
to use in her laboratory
22 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A.R.C. Child Dispensary in Bucharest, in charge of Miss Ober of Chicago,
a Red Cross nurse and child welfare expert.
The line forms at 10 am, outside the window of Miss Ober's offices.
Presently the window opens and Miss Ober, in long white hospital apron and rubber gloves,
begins her three hours' work with the children.
The rubber gloves are a very necessary precaution, for there is typhus
and many other contagious and infectious diseases about.
The ailments are of great variety, but much of the trouble is skin diseases
and diseases due to malnutrition and uncleanliness.
11 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Roumanian Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A.R.C. Child Dispensary in Bucharest, in charge of Miss Ober of Chicago,
a Red Cross nurse and child welfare expert.
The line forms at 10 am, outside the window of Miss Ober's offices.
Presently the window opens and Miss Ober, in long white hospital apron and rubber gloves,
begins her three hours' work with the children.
The rubber gloves are a very necessary precaution, for there is typhus and many other contagious and infectious diseases about.
The ailments are of great variety, but much of the trouble is skin diseases
and diseases due to malnutrition and uncleanliness.
This picture shows how the Roumanian mothers tie up their babies in swaddling clothes
so that the little one can be carried easily
11 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Roumanian Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A.R.C. Child Dispensary in Bucharest, in charge of Miss Ober of Chicago,
a Red Cross nurse and child welfare expert.
The line forms at 10 am, outside the window of Miss Ober's offices.
Presently the window opens and Miss Ober, in long white hospital apron and rubber gloves, begins her three hours' work with the children.
The rubber gloves are a very necessary precaution, for there is typhus and many other contagious and infectious diseases about.
The ailments are of great variety, but much of the trouble is skin diseases
and diseases due to malnutrition and uncleanliness.
This picture shows Miss Ober giving a can of milk to a Roumanian mother with her baby.
The baby is tied up in swaddling clothes so that it can be carried easily
11 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Roumanian Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
A.R.C. Child Dispensary in Bucharest, in charge of Miss Ober of Chicago,
a Red Cross nurse and child welfare expert.
The line forms at 10 am, outside the window of Miss Ober's offices.
Presently the window opens and Miss Ober, in long white hospital apron and rubber gloves, begins her three hours' work with the children.
The rubber gloves are a very necessary precaution, for there is typhus and many other contagious and infectious diseases about.
The ailments are of great variety, but much of the trouble is skin diseases
and diseases due to malnutrition and uncleanliness.
Treating a skin disease
11 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Roumanian Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)