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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
Mrs. Patterson of Chicago, American Red Cross, and Mrs. Prezan, wife of the Chief of Staff of the Roumanian Army, are partners in a canteen for war orphans at Bucharest. It is an American Red Cross activity, as is indicated by the U.S. flag over the door. Some of the children live in a government orphanage nearby, others have been adopted by poor Roumanian families in the neighborhood. The later pictures show types of children, most of them wearing American Red Cross Chapter clothes
Volunteer Workers in Roumania. A group of Roumanian peasants who volunteered their services to the American Red Cross at Bucharest in making garments for the poor in the devastated areas. One of the most admirable traits of these simple couuntry folk is a disposition to help their less fortunate sisters in the devastated countryside. The only return they sought was a little kerosene oil, so that they could work nights, and this the Red Cross was able to furnish them without difficulty
American Relief Operations in the near East. An American Red Cross camionette being loaded from a lighter at the docks in Salonica. Thousands of tons of clothing, medicines, and food have been distributed by this organization throughout the Balkans. In the background can be seen part of the ruins of the fire that swept Salonica in 1916. They have remained untouched, all efforts being devoted to the business of war and after the armistice feeding and clothing the destitute which number into millions
Mrs. Patterson of Chicago, American Red Cross, and Mrs. Prezan, wife of the Chief of Staff of the Roumanian Army, are partners in a canteen for war orphans at Bucharest. It is an American Red Cross activity, as is indicated by the U.S. flag over the door. Some of the children live in a government orphanage nearby, others have been adopted by poor Roumanian families in the neighborhood. The later pictures show types of children, most of them wearing American Red Cross Chapter clothes
American health measures for Balkan babies. Miss Blanche Grundy of San Francisco, nurse in the Junior Red Cross of America Children's clinic at Elbasan with her interpreter and one of the many children who have undergone treatment there. Junior Red Cross propoganda in the cause of child welfare is slowly enlightening the fogged minds of native mothers in several of the Balkan countries on the subject of hygiene and home care of their babies and growing children
Polish orphans dance for American Juniors. The eight girls incostume, war orphans of Poland, are anxious to show their gratitude to American school children for their generosity, arranged an evening of national dances in honor of their kind friends across the seas. They live in an orphanage in Warsaw that has been aided by the Junior Red Cross of America. One evening they appeared at American Red Cross headquarters in the costumes here pictured and danced folk dances familiar to the peasants from childhood. When they had finished their little program they asked that their young friends in America know that it was done in gratitude for the food and clothing sent them
Poland's tribute to America. This is the first of the delegation of 20,000 Polish children who marched in Warsaw on July 4 in honor of America, whose Independence Day has been made a national holiday by Poland. One by one the schools marched into the square before the Opera until the entire plaza was filled with enthusiastic youngsters shouting and singing before the replica of the Statue of Liberty which was erected in the high balcony of the opera, which constituted the reviewing stand for American Red Cross workers and other citizens of the nation being honored
Sunday Church Parade in the Raib. Podgoritza, Montenegro, like New York, U.S.A. has its fashionable church parade on Sunday morning. This long line of people is leaving the Greek Orthodox church on King Peter of Serbia's name day, a big church day. While the churchgoers are mostly women, the entire population is more than usually religious. About twenty five percent of the people, according to statistics gathered by the American Red Cross, profess Mohammedanism, the introduction of this religion dating back to the Turkish conquests of a portion of Montenegro many decades ago
Balkan Pilgrims Applaud America. On St. Basil's Day at the Monastery of Ostrog, in Montenegro, the American Red Cross was loudly acclaimed by a crowd of several hundred pilgrimers, who listened intently to the words of the Priest in praise of the relief work done by the Americans. The group is typical of the people among whom the Red Cross is working, teaching lesson of sanitation as well as reliving the immediate cases of distressing want
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Gen. Montenegro.
On caption card: (1/1485)
Used in: A.R.C. Bulletin All Div. Feb. 1920.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
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Date
01/01/1920
Location
montenegro
Source
Library of Congress
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