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The "Liberty Tree" in Independence Square. A service of thanksgiving in honor of the American Red Cross under the Liberty Tree in Tirana. Thousands of Mohammedans participated as a token of their appreciation for the establishment of the new American Red Cross hospital. The tree (center foreground) is riddled with bullets, having been a place of execution for hundreds of Albanians who have defied Turkish, Bulgarian, and Austrian efforts to subjugate the people

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The "Liberty Tree" in Independence Square. A service of thanksgiving in honor of the American Red Cross under the Liberty Tree in Tirana. Thousands of Mohammedans participated as a token of their appreciation for the establishment of the new American Red Cross hospital. The tree (center foreground) is riddled with bullets, having been a place of execution for hundreds of Albanians who have defied Turkish, Bulgarian, and Austrian efforts to subjugate the people

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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: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Albania, General.
On caption card: (11769)
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
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Location

Albania
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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

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