Meet in Historic Hall. Delegates from thirty nations met in the first general conference of the League of Red Cross Societies held in the famous Salle de l'Alabama in Geneva. It was in this hall that the treaty was concluded between the United States and Great Britain putting to an end the dispute arising out of the Civil War over the Battleship Alabama. It was claimed that the vessel had been built by the British for the confederate states and had sunk union boats. A claim for reparation was filed and the dispute settled in this hall. This picture shows delegates to the convention in their first session
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
On neg. sleeve: Salle de L'Alabonna in Geneva.
Data: Red Cross Mag.; Red Cross Bulletin; All Divisions Excl to A.P. Parris until May 5th.
Group title: League of Red Cross Societies.
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
Temp note: Batch 23
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american red cross
switzerland
geneva
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hall
delegates
dispute
historic hall
first session
confederate states
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high resolution
american civil war
civil war
library of congress
alabama
Date
01/01/1920
Location
geneva
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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