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Queer shoes of Serbian school boy. Queer moccasins made of raw hides, pieces of old carpet and rags, compose most of the footware to be seen in Serbia to-day. Clothing of every sort is the greatest need of to-day in this land of distress. Children particularly in southern Serbia, are great sufferers, and lack of food and clothing are not the only things their frail, war-worn bodies contend with, lack of care and educational facilities are reducing them to little wild animals, and pitiable child vagrants. If the plans of the Jr. Red Cross of America becomes effective, all of these wandering, homeless children will be aided by funds sent by American school children. Vocational and industrial school centers will be established and maintained under Amercican superintendence, thus making these children over into the skilled labor so urgently needed by their country

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Queer shoes of Serbian school boy. Queer moccasins made of raw hides, pieces of old carpet and rags, compose most of the footware to be seen in Serbia to-day. Clothing of every sort is the greatest need of to-day in this land of distress. Children particularly in southern Serbia, are great sufferers, and lack of food and clothing are not the only things their frail, war-worn bodies contend with, lack of care and educational facilities are reducing them to little wild animals, and pitiable child vagrants. If the plans of the Jr. Red Cross of America becomes effective, all of these wandering, homeless children will be aided by funds sent by American school children. Vocational and industrial school centers will be established and maintained under Amercican superintendence, thus making these children over into the skilled labor so urgently needed by their country

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Data: Jr. Red Cross. T.T. & C. Group title: Children. Serbia.
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 24

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01/01/1920
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serbia
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Library of Congress
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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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