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Paris. Interior of the American Red Cross Reconditioning Department at 81 Rue St. Didier, Paris. This is a most interesting phase of Red Cross work. Nothing is ever wasted. When merchandise has become damaged by water, or other causes, and are unfit for use, it is sent to these rooms and the aritcles are immediately gone over and cleaned, washed, resewn and repacked. Thousands of dollars worth of goods have been saved from wreckage in this manner. The personnel is entirely made up of French women, who have become expert in this form of salvage work. They are shown here working on towels and bed linen

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Paris. Interior of the American Red Cross Reconditioning Department at 81 Rue St. Didier, Paris. This is a most interesting phase of Red Cross work. Nothing is ever wasted. When merchandise has become damaged by water, or other causes, and are unfit for use, it is sent to these rooms and the aritcles are immediately gone over and cleaned, washed, resewn and repacked. Thousands of dollars worth of goods have been saved from wreckage in this manner. The personnel is entirely made up of French women, who have become expert in this form of salvage work. They are shown here working on towels and bed linen

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Caption from negative sleeve: Centre de RÚcuperation, Rue St. Didier, Paris. Cannery, 3 women workers.
Title and date from duplicate image: LC-A6151-A926-Ax.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Gibory.
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 3

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01/01/1919
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Location

France
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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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