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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
SERBIA
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Serbia
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Views of Serbian soldiers and civilians as they migrate into the mountains.
The remains of the Serbian nation, approximately 700,000 people,
who after their severe defeat by the Austro-German army,
fled to the mountains of Albania in the winter of 1915
with many thousands perishing along the way.
Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre, 1859-1923, artist
Paris : Lapina, 1916
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
A battery of American tractors in the Monastir valley of Serbia sent by the A.R.C.
to replace the horses and oxen stolen from the peasants by the enemy.
They are to be loaned to the farmers of Serbians to help them prepare their land
and regain their economic independence.
The Red Cross has an operating crew and a repair shop
to insure full use of this agricultural machinery.
It is estimated that the Serbians lost 224,000,000 worth of horses, farming implements
and machinery as a result of the German and Austrian invasion
19 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Here is where the Prince Regent of Serbia lives and where the main work of consolidating
the new Jugo-slav nation is being carried on.
It is here also that American Red Cross men are called intp consultation with the Prince every week in the work of reconstructing the country.
Much of the medical relief measures have been framed or advised by Americans,
who have established relief stations throughout the country
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The exterior of the American Red Cross delousing plant at Belgrade
where thousands have been disinfected.
This is part of the Red Cross system of fighting typhus.
The building was built by the Germans during their occupation of the city
and was on of the few useful things they left behind
4 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The best known building in Belgrade.
It is the Headquarters of the American Red Cross from which is directed the work of the relief throughout the country by Lieut. Col. Edgar E. Hume, of Frankfort, Ky.
This building is the Mecca of thousands of refugees
from Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary and half a dozen other countries where internal warfare still goes on
19 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Church of St. Svetispas, Skoplje
1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
View of Bridge and Mosque, Skoplje
1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
The River Bistritza, Prizrend
17 June 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
View of the old castle of Tzar Dushan and the town of Prizrend
17 June 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Prizrend.
An old Turkish Mosque used as a warehouse by the American Red Cross
13 November 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Ancient Roman Bridge at Mostar, Photo by American Red Cross, 1919
13 November 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office Lt. P.J.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
"Clothing Distribution Day" at American Red Cross Relief Station at Galetz, on the Danube River
11 August 1919
Photographer : ARC Balkan Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Red Cross Treasure House in Balkans.
The largest American Red Cross warehouse in the Balkans is in Belgrade,
where are stored hundreds of thousands of tons of food, clothing and medicines,
sent from the American Red Cross chapters to relieve the distress and suffering
in this stricken part of southeastern Europe
August 1919
Photographer : Balkan Commission
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
After the Bulgarians and Austrians were driven from the hills around Monastir,
the A.R.C. established ist first civilian hospital in this old Turkish school building.
It had the roof, windows and doors shot out by shell-fire and the floors ripped up for the soldiers.
But the Americans repaired it with the help of some prisoners of war
and is now caring for seventy five people within its walls.
The cases are mostly typhus and civilians, wounded by shells and bombs accidentally exploded
in the nearby fields.
In the background is a Turkish watch-tower, built and used by the Ottomans during their regime
over this country to keep a constant eye on the town and surrounding country
19 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
City Life in the Balkans.
In Monastir the river, fed by the snows capping the mountains in the background runs
through the center of the city.
On Saturday, the national wash day, the women wade into the center of the shallow stream
and beat the clothes against the rocks until they are clean.
Meanwhile the merchants sit cross legged in their open stores
or on the edge of the embankment softly calling their wares to the passersby.
The American Red Cross warehouse is at the end of this street and the group of American workers on the bridge stopped to be photographed while on their way to work
25 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Once the Headquarters of Invaders, now an American Refuge.
From this fine Turkish Office Building in Prizren in Western Serbia,
the Bulgarians directed their War Operations.
It was one of the few buildings they left intact when they retreated.
The American Red Cross has taken it over and established a Hospital with a capacity of 100 beds.
It was in this town that the Serbian Army made its last stand in the great retreat into Albania
11 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)