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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
page 7
Serbia
Strangers in a strange land.
Although a long, long way from home, a common interest makes for a complete understanding between these five men who helped to supply the Roumanian civil population
with American clothing and food.
They were members of the American Red Cross unit operating out of Bucarest.
Ordinarily this group would be found at Syracuse, N.Y., Phil. Pekin, Davenport, Ia.,
and Goshen, N.Y.,
respectively, for reading from left to right they are:
Maj. R.B. Rulison,
Maj. Richard Penn Smith,
Sing Ki Wow,
Maj. Dan J. McCarthy
and Maj. Burke C. Hamilton.
When the Roumanian army mobilized Russia sent a small contingent of Chinese who have acted
as cooks and laborers first for the Russian armies, later for the Roumanians and now as helpers
for the American Red Cross unit
Mar. 1920
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Destitute and ragged children waiting for clothing at the American Red Cross Relief Station in Jassy.
Every child was thoroughly bathed and scrubbed before getting any fresh clothes.
Although this picture was taken in mid-winter, many of the children, as may be seen from
the photograph, were without shoes or stockings.
The clothing of others consisted only of a shirt.
Captain Daniel J. McCarthy and Miss Rosana Pierce, of the American Mission,
are standing in the doorway
5 February 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Miss Robia Whedon, Dr. McCarthy and Serbian Helper,
with disinfection machine formerly used by Germans
March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Refugees at American Red Cross Disinfection Plant at Skoplje.
The American officer in the picture is Dr. D.J. McCarthy of Davenport, Iowa
March 1919
Photographer : ARC. Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Feeding of refugees at Skoplje.
In the picture are Dr. McCarthy and Miss Whedon
March 1919
Photographer : ARC. Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Every two weeks the A.R.C. visits the numerous mountain villages of Serbia
with clothing, meat, flour, beans and soap.
These supplies are set down in an open space and the destitute people in the town
and from the surrounding district line up by the hundreds.
The R.C. worker with the apron is Miss Elizabeth Haile, of Louisville, Ky.,
the two at the table are
Major Roger Perkins, of Cleveland, Ohio.,
and Miss Ruth Harrison, of Cincinnati.
Note the boquets of flowers on the table.
They are presented by the mountaineers, who if especially pleased
with their rations will slyly slip an egg or two onto the table
19 July 1919
Photographer : ARC. France
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Vranje, Serbia.
Group of American Red Cross Personnel:
Chauffeur,
Miss Gertrude Chapman, 6155 Gambleton Place, St. Louis, Mo.
Lt. Ivanichevitch (Paul) Balkan Commission, Nice, France.
Miss Helen S. Hay, 17th & Church St., Washington, D.C.
Major Roger Perkins, 1481 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Vida M. Matheson, Washington, D.C.,
Lt. Warren J. Vinton, of Vinton & Co. Detroit, Mich.
Miss Helen H. King, Washington, D.C.
Col. Edgar E. Hume, Frankfort, Ky.
Capt. Jaffe, Louis Isaac, South Boston, Va.,
Capt. Horace Hatch, 55 East 65th St., New York City
1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office, Lt. P.J
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian soldiers and children on right is a Greek Boy Scout
10 March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbia.
American Red Cross.
Patients being brought to Hospital at Belgrade in Bullock Carts during Typhus Epidemic
between 1916 and 1919
Photographer : A.R.C. Commission to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian Field Ambulance in service at Belgrade.
October 1917
Photographer : Paul Thompson
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Distribution Day in Serbian Village
10 March 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kmet of Budinivitza, Serbia.
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, 46 Lancaster Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.
12 August 1919
Photographer : ARC. Comm. to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Street view, Market,
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, (emergency address only) sister,
Miss Mary Wilkinson, 46 Lancaster Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.
Monastir, Serbia
12 August 1919
Photographer : ARC. Comm. to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Owing to its great scarcity wood is sold by weight at many points in southern Serbia
19 February 1919
Photographer : ARC. Comm. to Serbia
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Hour's argument over one plastre.
A kneeling Turk in the market place at Skoplje, Serbia is trying to buy
a garment from the Christian lady.
He has been there for an hour arguing over the price, a difference of one plastre.
The (?) in the foreground, who, by the way, uses his own shoe polish,
has been an interested spectator throughout.
This is one of the towns where the American Red Cross established
a hospital and feeding station for Serbia's destitute
9 December 1919
Photographer : ARC. Paris Office
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Serbian method of shoeing an ox.
This animal, in the picture which was used by the American Red Cross to haul food over
the mountains, has been put into a "Strait Jacket" by the local blacksmith
so as to check its kicking proclivities while the shoeing process was going on
9 September 1919
Photographer : ARC. Balkan Comm
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)