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A New lease on life. Rescued from the streets of Elbasan, Albania, by an American relief worker, twelve year old Marria, whose mother had become demented from hardship and struggle, is now a faithful worker in the Junior Red Cross of America war orphanage. One of her feet is hopelessly deformed and the fingers of her left hand gone but Marria considers these things no handicap in life now that she knows friendly sympathy and the joys of being clothed and fed

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A New lease on life. Rescued from the streets of Elbasan, Albania, by an American relief worker, twelve year old Marria, whose mother had become demented from hardship and struggle, is now a faithful worker in the Junior Red Cross of America war orphanage. One of her feet is hopelessly deformed and the fingers of her left hand gone but Marria considers these things no handicap in life now that she knows friendly sympathy and the joys of being clothed and fed

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Summary

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Data: Junior Red Cross. Group title: Children. Albania.
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 25

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Date

01/01/1920
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Location

albania
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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