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The American Red Cross is co-operating with the U.S. Government in their vocational Education plans. The picture shows Miss Ruth Burke, American Red Cross, with a group of boys to whom she has just explained how Uncle Sam is going to look after the men who were wounded, but who are unable to follow their former occupations. By teaching them new trades and professions the Government hopes to have these men absorbed into the Commercial and Professional life once more. This picture was taken at the Red Cross Hospital at Beau Desert

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The American Red Cross is co-operating with the U.S. Government in their vocational Education plans. The picture shows Miss Ruth Burke, American Red Cross, with a group of boys to whom she has just explained how Uncle Sam is going to look after the men who were wounded, but who are unable to follow their former occupations. By teaching them new trades and professions the Government hopes to have these men absorbed into the Commercial and Professional life once more. This picture was taken at the Red Cross Hospital at Beau Desert

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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: ARC. Commission on to France.
Group title: Personnel.
Data: New England Div. 1918.
On caption card: December 1918, 28 March 1919, date received.
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 20

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01/01/1918
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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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