Group of peasants on the road near Korec in the territory mose recently liberated from the Bolsheviki. This district received its salt supply from the Black Sea and from the Galician salt mines. For a long period both these sources were cut off by military operations and the price of salt rose to 40 marks ($10 under normal exchange rates) a pound. The people shown in this group were liberated from the Bolsheviki two days before the picture was taken and were immediately proceeding 30 kilometres to Kowel to secure a supply of salt
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Capt. Marshall.
Group title: Refugees, Poland.
On caption card: (42)
Used in: Tech. Trade & Cl. Jr. Dec. 1919.
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 10
Tags
Date
01/01/1919
Location
Korec
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