Masks showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd of the A.R.C. for soldiers whose faces have been mutilated in the war. The upper row shows casts taken from the faces as they actually are, the lower row shows the faces which Mrs. Ladd has modelled on the foundation of the life mask with the help of photographs taken before the wound was received & on the table may be seen some of the final masks made for fit over the disfigured part of the face & colored as exactly as possible like life
Summary
Title from caption card for similar image: LC-A6199-3781.
On negative or negative sleeve: Numero a employer de nouveau.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Coles. [Henri A. Coles]
Note from caption card for similar image: Group title: Mutiles.
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 33
Tags
Date
01/01/1918
Location
france
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