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Wounded soldiers. American Red Cross photo

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The building of 3000 bed hospital is no small task in England, where labor and material has been so largely commandeered for war purposes. Lumber for building is very scarce in England, so the American Red Cross, in building the largest American hospital in Great Britain at Sarisbury, near Southampton, decided to make no demands on the British lumber market. Several hundred trees on the 186-acre estate were selected by experienced American lumbermen, and were felled by the men of the "Kentucky Unit" to provide the necessary timber

The building of 3000 bed hospital is no small task in England, where labor and material has been so largely commandeered for war purposes. Lumber for building is very scarce in England, so the American Red Cross, in building the largest American hospital in Great Britain at Sarisbury, near Southampton, decided to make no demands on the British lumber market. Several hundred trees on the 186-acre estate were selected by experienced American lumbermen, and were felled by the men of the "Kentucky Unit" to provide the necessary timber

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A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

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Wounded soldiers. American Red Cross photo

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Date based on date of negatives in same range.
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
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01/01/1917
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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