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Sun cures for Kieff babies. During the Polish occupation of Kieff, the Ukrainian capital, the American Red Cross provided food and medical supplies for a children's hospital where babies crippled with tuberculosis were given a sun cure. There was such a scarcity of clothing that the naked bodies of the little ones were exposed to the hot sun for whole days at a time

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Sun cures for Kieff babies. During the Polish occupation of Kieff, the Ukrainian capital, the American Red Cross provided food and medical supplies for a children's hospital where babies crippled with tuberculosis were given a sun cure. There was such a scarcity of clothing that the naked bodies of the little ones were exposed to the hot sun for whole days at a time

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Summary

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Group title: Children. Poland.
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 25

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Date

01/01/1920
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Location

poland
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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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