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Women of the Balkans. A typical group of women from the mountain district of Serbia. They are taking a sun bath on the side of the American Red Cross station at Batch while waiting for the distribution of relief supplies. Note their aprons and similarity of dress. The aprons are made of coarse handspun wool with fine red and white stripes. The jackets are the native costume of the village from which they come. They hav ewalked many miles for Red Cross supplies. Several of them are barefoot and none have stockings
Serbian head dress with American sweater. The cape head-dress of Serbian women is one of the characteristic features of their costumes that strike the eyes of the travelor sic It looks out of place with the American Red Cross sweater but the women of this section of Europe, who have known nothing but misery that war has brought them are not sticklers for the appropriateness of their dress. They wear anything in the way of their clothing that American relief workers have been able to give them. And are thoroughly grateful
Hundreds of Turkish women have discarded their veils and now appear on the streets dressed as their sisters in the western world This picture shows a number of the wealthiest women in Constantinople who have offered their services to the American Red Cross in helping to care for Russian refugees. The young lady on the left, wearing the striped shawl, is the daughter of the Khedive of Egypt and is considered on[e] of the beauties of Constantinople.
These are Roumanian peasant girls in their native costume. It is the only dress they have had in five years, but its neat appearance shows the personal cleanliness of these Transylvanian country people. The American Red Cross workers, distributing relief supplies in this district, have found these people to be of extreme cleanly character in spite of their poverty
"American Street" Pirot? Serbia. Pirot is a grateful Serbian municipality. This town named one of its most important thoroughfares, American street, in recognition of the aid it received from the American Red Cross. In the picture are Lieut. Clinton J. Baker, a Red Cross worker of Boston, and three of his Serbian aides. The little girl holding the goat is the daughter of the mayor of the town
The gourgeousness of the Roumanian peasants holiday dress would make any American or European women envy the woman of this Near East Country her wonderfully embroidered skirts, and headdresses. Hand embroidery seems to be an art in which the Roumanian women excels. Colors even if handled a bit lavishly are usually combined in perfect harmonies. The needlework is perfect. Handsome embroideries such as work by the Roumanian woman in this photo which was made by an American Red Cross photographer near Bucharest are for holiday use only. The Roumanian women today whom are fortunate enough to possess such fineries, are thanking their stars that the Bulgars, Turks or Germans, during the occupation days, did not find their wardrobes of fine clothing. Items of this character were taken awat from thousands of Roumanian homes in the general looting that accompanied the occupation period
On the Shores of Lake Scutari. The Montenegrin peasant girls as they wash the raw wool preparatory to spinning it by hand. Wet foot means little in their lives as they wade all day long in the cold mountain water. Several of them are wearing American garments distributed to them by the American Red Cross
Padua. American Red Cross workroom where 100 refugee women meet daily to make clothing. They receive 2 12 to 3 lire a day for their labor and the product is sold at minimum prices to the needy
[Girl in Slavic peasant costume]
Best Dressed Women in Pirot. It was ten below zero when this picture was taken of these two peasant women in Serbia. They had just tramped thirty one miles from a remote mountain village to get some American cast off clothing from the American Red Cross. When they left the station
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: Supplies, Serbia.
On caption card: (12907)
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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library of congress
Date
01/01/1920
Location
pirot
Source
Library of Congress
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