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SCENES of LIFE

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Automobiles abandoned by the Germans in their retreat from Belgium

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Automobiles abandoned by the Germans in their retreat from Belgium

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Transport equipment abandoned by the Germans in the retreat from Belgium

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Louvain

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American Red Cross camera man crossing the square at Louvain,

after the departure of the Germans

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Lodz

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Main street of Lodz after German Occupation

Photograph probably shows Piotrkowska Street in Lodz, Poland during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Germans in Russian Town

Photograph shows German soldiers walking with women in a Russian town during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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German refugees on EUROPA

Photograph shows German women and children refugees,

possibly from the city of Kiau Chau (Tsing-Tao), China during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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The old Breton woman and her pets

who are sworn friends of the ARC. Workers in a little town, in Brittany

April 1918.

Photographer : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Concarneau

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A funeral in Brittany.

The funeral procession passing down the main street of Concarneau,

the quaint fishing village of Brittany, France.

The horse drawing the hearse is led by the hand and four boys walk beside it,

with huge lighted candles.

The Bretons are deeply religious people and their countryside is dotted with crosses

before which they kneel in prayer

14 September 1920

Photographer : Paris Office

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Two reapers at work.

French peasant visiting the grave of the fallen in his wheat field

December 1917

Source of Original: Prints from Red Cross Magazine

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Systematic destruction of fruit trees by the Germans.

Result of German Kultur

December 1918

Photographer  : Mrs. Stumpe

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Belgian peasants showing pass to sentries

Photograph shows Belgian men in a horse-drawn cart,

showing a pass to German soldiers during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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French Peasants & German Guard

Photograph shows French women and girls standing with a German soldier in a road

during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Evian

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Rapatries who have just arrived from Germany on their way to the Evian casino

between 1916 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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