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The "Victory Parade" at the American Base Hospital, Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11, when the sigining of the armistice was announced. Nurses from the Brooklyn unit carried a big American flag in the front of the procession, which marched over a three mile route, around the hospital grounds and through the German prison camp adjoining the American hospital
Victory Day at Dartford Hospital. The signing of the armistice was celebrated by everybody in the big American base hospital near London in noisy hilarious fashion. There was a big parade with 1500 wounded men in line. The hosptial nursing arranged a number of "Victory floats" which are used to caryy surgical dressings around the wards. The photograph shows one of these tiny floats
The "Victory Parade" at the American Base Hospital at Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11 when the signing of the armstice was announced. One of the comic floats in the parade. There were several of these floats got up on the spur of the moment by convalescent patients. The man the the false nose (made of bread dough) is Private Joseph Beasey of Five Corners of Long Island
The "Victory Parade" at the American Base Hospital, Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11. when the signing of the armistice was annouced. The men on crutches were linvited to parade in automobiles, but most of them preferred to walk and they occupied honored place in the line of march
The "Victory Parade" at the American Base Hospital at Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11 when the signing of the armistice was announced. After the parade had marched all through the Hospital, somebody suggested that it go through the German prison camp, which is located behind a wide barb-wire enclosure a few hundred yards down the road from the hospital. So admission was obtained and the American parade marched all through the German Prison camp, enthusiastically applauded by the Germans, who were just as happy as anybody over the coming of peace. The regulations did not permit the photographer to take any pictures of the parade after is was inside the prison camp proper, but this picture is taken just at the entrance, the building in the background being the administration building and the barracks of the British staff which guards the prisoners. The spectators lined up along the route of the parade are all members of the British Guard. The Prisoners are all further in on a long hut barracks
The great victory parade in front of Buckingham Palace after the signing of the armistice. Nearly three thousand American soldiers marches through the city in an impromptu procession. After visiting American Army headquarters, American Navy headquarters, and the big Red Cross buiding nearby, they proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where the king spoke to them from the balcony. The photograph shows the crowd as seen from the running board of a Red Cross car
Waiting for a convoy of American soldiers to arrive. The British military band, which has been sent to welcome the incoming transport stops at the American Red Cross canteen for coffee and sandwiches. Photograph taken on the Liverpool docks. The citizens of the city have shown great interest in all the arriving Americans, and no convoy is allowed to land, without a warm civic welcome, which usually takes the form of a parade through the city, with a good British band at the head of the procession. The youthful appearance of most of the musicians in this band, indicates how carefully England has weeded out men of military age for the front
Armistice celebration at the Amer. Hosp. at Dartford near London. The Red Cross car stood about the hosp. grounds distributing extra rations of chocolate and cigarettes, and whereever it went it was the center of hilarious celebration. The excellent effect of such a celebration on the patients is seen by the fact that three crutches have evidently been thrown aside as unnecessary by patients who forgot their troubles in the midst of the merry making
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The "Victory Parade" at the American Base Hospital, Dartford, near London, on Nov. 11 when the signing of the armistice was announced. Many of the convalescent American soldiers in the parade carried noise-making insturments of such character as they were able to muster hurriedly. Some are shown with pots and pans, others with boards which could be banged together to add to the general din. Certainly everybody was hilariously happy and showed it
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Title and note information from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Recreation.
Data: Central, Atlantic, Mr. Redding, S.W. Pa. Potomac, Mt., 12/18.
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
dartford
Source
Library of Congress
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