The American Red Cross Saves the Babies. The Creche just established by the Belgian Commission of the American Red Cross near one of the largest munition plants in France. Here experienced Nurses will care for the little babies of mothers ...

The American Red Cross Saves the Babies. At the opening of the Creche just established by the Belgian Commission of the Red Cross, for taking care, during the day, of small babies of women munition workers at one of the largest plants in France. Reading, from the left: Lt. Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, Commissioner for Belgium of the ARC, Lt. Co. Lebrun, Dr. Lambert, Mrs. Bicknell, Madame D'Ieteren, Major Wauters, M. Vandervelde, Belgian Ministre de l'intendance, civil and military

In the Red Cross Creche for Belgian Babies. Across the street, from a huge munitions plant in a city of France, the AMERICAN RED CROSS through its Commission for Belgium, takes care during the day, of the little babies of young mothers who work all day making ammunition for the Belgian soldier

In the Red Cross Creche for Belgian Babies. Across the street, from a huge munitions plant, in a city in France, the American Red Cross, through its Commission for Belgium, takes care during the day, of the little babies of young mothers who work all day making ammunitions for the Belgian soldiers

Belgian mother and her baby. The Mother works in the munition factory across the road from this Red Cross nursery, where her child is cared for during the day. This nursery was built and is maintained by the Belgian commission of the American Red Cross

A Belgian woman munition worker and her child. Throughout the activities of the American Red Cross, young mothers' working in a huge munitions plant in ... are able to have their babies properly cared for during the day in a model nursery across the street. The mothers with their babies come to the munitions plant in covered trucks. While they spend the day lifting, filling and polishing shells, nurses supplied through the Belgian Commission of the American Red Cross, taking care of their babies

American Red Cross children's hospital at ..., the first permanent children's hospital in France to be organized by the American Red Cross. It will be continued after the war by French societies

The American Red Cross Saves the Babies. The Creche just established by the Belgian Commission of the American Red Cross near one of the largest munition plants in France. Here experienced Nurses will care for the little babies of mothers ...

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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 to France.
Group title: Creche, France.
Title on image: Pouponniere Gardiennat.
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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