The photograph shows the Queen of Roumania visiting a typhus hospital near Bucharest. The hospital was operated by the Roumanian authorities, but was equipped throughout by the American Red Cross. Before the American beds, blankets, etc. arrived the patients were sleeping on the floors. The hospital is located in an old school building. It had only four large rooms, but accomodates more than a hundred patients

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Balkan Com.
Group title: Roumania.
On caption card: (Z-1002)
Used in: Divisions, 8/12/19, Ex. Divs. until Sept. 20th.
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 9