Liberating Albania's Babies. Dr. Lulu H. Peters of Los Angeles, Cal. shown here in the uniform of an American Red Cross nurse, in the midst of a group of Albanian children, is responsible for the liberation of 1500 Albanian infants from the "binding" board. Dr. Peters runs the Red Cross dispensary at Scutari. Strongest persuasion was needed to convince Albanian mothers that binding a child, mummy fashion to a board, is both unsanitary and cruel. Like the Flathead Indians of the Old West in America, the Albanians for 2,000 years have flattened their children's heads by binding. When the children are bathed, they are clothed with Junior Red Cross garments. Here are a dozen so so that have been brought to Dr. Peters for inspection. Tow of her staple prescriptions are soap and condensed milk
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: Children-Albania.
On caption card: (1/2131)
Used in: Red Cross Bul. Pacific Division March 5, 1920.
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
albania
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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