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The Draying Business in Bosnia. The pack mules have plenty of competition among the Turkish women when it comes to carrying heavy loads. The Mohammedan woman on the left is carrying more than the burro. Upon this group the American Red Cross was dependent for much of its firewood to keep its soup kettles boiling in Sarajevo, where it fed 5,000 undernourished mothers and children a day. This particular group gives a typical idea of the customs that prevail among Turkish women and men. The women always carry the heaviest burdens while the male member of the family staggers along under a small package weighing a few ounces
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Bosnia.
On caption card: 11745.
Used in: Ex. International News until Feb. 15th, R.C. Mag., Jan. 1920.
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 11
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Date
01/01/1920
Location
Bosnia
Source
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
