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Prisonniers Francais Recemment Capture. De gauche a droite: debout: Hivert, Pierre, Robinet, Prel. Roumoulou, soldats; Boistel, sergent; Vandenberghe, Jezequel, Charpenay, Juret, soldats: R.I. 159. Assis: Baspeyrart, Perard, soldats: R.I. 159; Mc Enany Fred W., soldat, R.I. 127; Amato, soldat, R.J.I. 11; Mc Enany Robert, soldat, R.I. 127; Berfa, caporal; Robinet, soldat: R.I. 159
Prisonniers Francais Recemment Capture. De gauche a droite: debout: Hivert, Pierre, Robinet, Prel. Roumoulou, soldats; Boistel, sergent; Vandenberghe, Jezequel, Charpenay, Juret, soldats: R.I. 159. Assis: Baspeyrart, Perard, soldats: R.I. 159; McEnany Fred W., soldat, R.I. 127; Amato, soldat, R.J.I. 11; McEnany Robert, soldat, R.I. 127; Berfa, caporal; Robinet, soldat: R.I. 159
American prisoners of war at Bradenburg, Germany. U.S. Naval Prisoners in Germany. Four men of the guncrew of the merchant ship Campania, interned at Bradenburg. This photograph was sent to the American Red Cross by Chief Petty Officer James Delaney of Brooklyn, who is the president of the American Committee in the Brandenburf prison camp. He is the second from the right in the group. His companions are Charles L. Kline of Philadelphia and two other men of the Campania's gun crew. There are at present about twenty-five civilian and soldier Americans under detention in the Brandenburg camp. They receive weekly parcels of food and other necessaries from the American Red Cross Bureau in Berne, Switzerland
Corporal Jack Bathgate of New Haven, Conn., a member of Company C, 102nd U.S. Infantry, one of the first American prisoners to reach England from Germany. Photographed at Red Cross headquarters in London. In his right hand he is holding a piece o fblack war bread two inches square whish with a bowl of watery soup comprised a "meal" in the German prison camp. In his left hand is a piece of brown-colored soap issued by the Germans once a week. Bathgate was among the 183 Americans captured b the Germans at Seichoprey in the early days of America's participation in the war
Photo taken at Basle, Switzerland on Dec. 7 upon arrival first American prisoners released from Ratstatt prison camp in trainload lot. Girl in Alsatian costume has Sergt. Chas. A. Groghegan, 511 W. 185 St., NYC, by the arm. No. 2 is Sergt. R. Halyburton of Stony Point, NC, first American soldier captured by Germans. Halyburton and Geoghegan prevented circulation of "American in Europe" a German propaganda sheet in American camp at Ratstatt and warned German commandant if Americans not treated well they preferred to be shot. As punishment Geoghegan and Halyburton sent to Tuchel, East Prussia, where they were harnessed to wagons like horses worked dawn to late at night on thin soup diet. Russians harnessed with them died in traces. Halyburton and Geoghegan loading their bodies on wagons. Halyburton worshipped by his 3,000 men. Both men lost about 40 pounds at Tuchel but have picked up with ARC food boxes at Ratstatt. Girls on each side of Geoghegan and Alsatienne are ARC girls who went to Ratstatt prison camp with American sanitary train nursing American wounded
First party of American prisoners of war to reach England from Germany. Photographed at the Red Cross headquarters in London. They are proud of the fact that since the day of their capture at Siechoprey on April 20, they have never been separeted and have always been together in the long series of German prison camps. Left to right: front row: Private James Pitechelli of Providence; Second row; Private William B. O'Sullivan of Bristol, Conn; Corporal Jack Bathgate of New Haven; Corporal Leroy E. Congleton of Phil. Pa; Corporal Thomas Barry of New Haven and Private William Lilly of Southington, Conn
Just about every New York City adult, and millions more nationwide who watch crime stories on American television, has heard of Rikers Island. It's the vast city's main jail complex in the middle of the East River. But this photo of a family cemetery was taken elsewhere . . . at the house in the city's Queens borough whose original owner, Dutch immigrant Abraham Rycken Van Lent, whose family name would be americanized as "Riker", also owned the island that would one day hold the notorious jail
Three Belgian officers, prisoners in German camps since the Nazis invaded their country, receiving packages of food, cigarettes and other comforts from the American Red Cross. This photograph was taken in a German prison camp, known as Oflag IIA when a member of the International Red Cross committee from Geneva visited them
Just about every New York City adult, and millions more nationwide who watch crime stories on American television, has heard of Rikers Island. It's the vast city's main jail complex in the middle of the East River. This photo of Victorian living room was obviously taken elsewhere . . . at the house in the city's Queens borough whose original owner, Dutch immigrant Abraham Rycken Van Lent, whose family name would be americanized as "Riker", also owned the island that would one day house the notorious jail
Picture taken at Rastatt prison camp, Baden, Germany Sept. 27th, 1918, standing left to right: William Nelson Wenatchee, Wash., Edward Roberts (blind) Iroquoi, S.Dakota William Cleveland, Baselton, Ga., Sitting left to right: Raymond Carlisle, Lebanon, N.H., Robert Caballero New Orleans La Frank Calabraise, Phil. Pa, Note on back of original photograph in prisoner's handwriting: "Oh, joy, Ho, boy, where to we go from here?"
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC.
Group title: Prisoners, Germany.
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
01/01/1918
Location
Baden
Source
Library of Congress
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