American Red Cross dispensaries for children in the ruins town of Gebenvilliers. Doctor Kilham of the American Fund for French wounded cooperated. Doctor Kilham has found that one of her little patients is without shoes and is fitting him out with a new pair to protect him against the mud and snow

Dr. Parker of the Red Cross Childrens' Bureau, examining a refugee child at Rue Boissy d'Anglas, Paris. Many of the children who come to this dispensary are undernourished and under-fed; menaced by the plague of tuberculosis. Red Cross nurse is alertly watching the doctor

A mother brings her children to Dr. Cora Allen for advice at the American Red Cross Children's dispensary 9 Rue Edward Pailleron, Paris. Many of these dispensaries have been established by the American Red Cross in the poorer quarters of Paris, and supplemented by visits to the homes of the people are doing much help reduce the rate of infant mortality

The American Red Cross in French homes. An American Red Cross doctor from a travelling dispensary examining a small patient in one of the cottages of a small village in the American war zone

In Paris and throughout France work is being done by the American Red Cross to save child life at a time when France, bearing the brunt of a long war, needs every citizen. The welcome sight of the khaki of the Red Cross Doctor in the poor sections of French towns is a signal for the gathering of the children

The American Red Cross believes in preventive measures in the treatment of children. In the American Red Cross Children's dispensary, Rue de l Avre Paris delicate children are examined before being sent to the country where they will be placed under medical supervision

American Red Cross dispensaries for children in the ruins town of Gebenvilliers. Doctor Kilham of the American Fund for French wounded cooperated. Doctor Kilham has found that one of her little patients is without shoes and is fitting him out with a new pair to protect him against the mud and snow

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group Title: Children, Dispensary, Personnel, France.
Data: H.E. 24542, Delineator, May 22; Good Housekeeping, May 25; Harpers, May 29.
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 16

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American Red Cross dispensaries for children in the ruins town of Gebenvilliers. Doctor Kilham of the American Fund for French wounded cooperated. Doctor Kilham has found that one of her little patients is without shoes and is fitting him out with a new pair to protect him against the mud and snow

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