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SURGICAL DRESSINGS

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MANUFACTURING

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PARIS

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60, rue SAINT DIDIER

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Paris

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pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

With their gauze protectors from dust, young workers at 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris,

making cotton balls for "front parcels"

August 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

With their gauze protectors from dust, young workers at 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris,

are rolling cotton balls for "front parcels"

August 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Folding gauze in preparation for the cutting machine in the American Red Cross workrooms

for making surgical dressings. Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Cutting unbleached muslin for bias bandages with the cutting machine

in the American Red Cross workrooms for making surgical dressings Rue St. Didier, Paris

5 September 1918 

Photographer: ARC Commission to France. Mrs. Davis, 9/16/18

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Paris, France. Interior of the workroom of the American Red Cross Surgical Dressing Service,

60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

October 1918

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Sealing room, Rue St. Didier.

These pretty French girls work night and day

on shifts to seal by dipping into parafine the front packages of surgical dressings

between 1914 and 1920

Photographer: R.T. Townsend

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Front parcels, American Red Cross, 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris

July 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Cases of front parcels of surgical dressings ready to be shipped to the front

from the American Red Cross workrooms, Rue St. Didier, Paris

1 October 1918

Photographer: ARC Commission to France.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Lined up after fire drill at 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris,

where the American Red Cross makes "front parcels"

August 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

pansement gaze bandages cotton rue saint didier paris croix rouge red cross ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Lined up after fire drill at 60 Rue St. Didier, Paris,

where the American Red Cross makes "front parcels"

August 1918

Photographer  : Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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