This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. And then the Red Cross men called it a day's work
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: Siberia (Hospital Trains)
On caption card: (37)
Used in: Ex. indef. Magazine Bureau.
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 10
Tags
Date
01/01/1919
Location
Nickolsk
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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