Greeks Still Master Architects. This view from the gates of the modern Olympic stadium at Athens demonstrates that the Greeks still retain some of the genius that their buildings world famous centuries ago. The marble columns and roofs of this building are reflections of the structures on the Acropolis in the dim background where the Ancient Greeks constructed the "wonder city." After the armistice this stadium came under American control being used by the Red Cross as a station for distributing relief to the thousands of Greek refugees driven form their homes by the enemy
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Gen. Greece.
On caption card: (1/2065)
Used in: T.T. & C.
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 12
Tags
Date
01/01/1920
Location
athens
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html