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Lorraine refugees marching in Court of Caserne du Chateau, Caen. The "Star Spangled Banner", sung by refugee children while they drill in the courtyard of the ancient Chateau at Caen, where a home has been established for them. In the group there are 15 "Stars and Stripes" children, French wards of American soldiers, the funds for whose maintanence are administered by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

Lorraine refugees marching in Court of Caserne du Chateau, Caen. The "...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Children's Work. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 19... More

Maurice Dallongville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee children from the Northern districts of France, have been apprenticed in an "atelier" or repair shop at Caen. Here they will learn a trade that both have always been ambitious to learn. In this picture noon has just struck and like good workmen, they are ready for lunch. The master of the shop says they are "brave types", which means that they have good heads and good hands and good tempers

Maurice Dallongville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee children...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Adopted children. France. On capt... More

[St. Etienne church, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

[St. Etienne church, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9805". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

The mother of Andre Claudel died a year ago. His father was killed in the Argonne and Andre is so quiet, so serious, that he seems much more than ten years old. He is like a young old man in all he says and does. He is one of the best students at the refugee colony at Caen where he has lived ever since he was driven away from his home in Lorraine by the shells and poison gas of the Germans. His teacher says: "il travaille dans al perfection," his work is perfect. Sometime he will go back to Lorraine when the Boches have been driven out. He says: "I like the American soldiers. They have come to protect my country. And I like especially my Godfathers." They are the Army Field Clerks of Section ... General Staff. The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

The mother of Andre Claudel died a year ago. His father was killed in ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name from LC-A6199-3904. Source of original on caption card: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Adopted children. France. Used in: Yo... More

Colonie Mancienne, Riva Bella. At Riva Bella on the seashore near Caen. A colony of 60 refugee children has been established here under the direction of the Prefet Mirman. The picture shows the children in front of their school barracks decorated in honor of the 4th of July when the children learned to sing the "Star Bangled Banner". Among these there are three "Stars and Stripes" children French wards of American soldiers, the funds for whose maintanence are administered by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

Colonie Mancienne, Riva Bella. At Riva Bella on the seashore near Caen...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Children's Work. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 19... More

[General view, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

[General view, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9796". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

Paul Pivart is the sturdy little mascot for Company "E" of the 166th infantry. He was wearing a suit made of a piece of old tent cloth brought home by his father on his last "permission" in 1916. After that the father disappeared and no news of him has ever reached his family. His big silver watch which still "marches well" is the little son's most treasured possession. He wore it beacuse his picture was to be taken for his "god-fathers." Paul lives at Caen in the Place de la Reine Mathilde, and goes to Vacation School. It costs 6 francs a month, which is paid by his American God-fathers of the Ohio Rainbow Reveille. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Paul Pivart is the sturdy little mascot for Company "E" of the 166th i...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection... More

These are all "Stars and Stripes" Children little French war orphans, adopted by American soldiers and sailors. They are proud of their lucky chance to be the wards of the Americans and if they are old enough to go to school they work specially so that their godfathers may be well satisfied with them. If they are too small to go to school, they keep busy "mascotting" as hard as they can for their "good godfathers." This photo shows the group of the "Stars and Stripesers" in the refugee colony at Caen. There, in an old Chateau built originally by William the Conqueror, they live in barracks like little soldiers, go to school, march and sing the soldier songs of fair Lorraine which is in their home. The Director of the Colony, M. Eugene Schmidt, who is standing in the center of the group, is himself from Lorraine. He has given his own son to France and he loves these fatherless children almost as if they were his own. He says: "tell those American men who have taken an interest in these little waifs of the great war that every heart in France is grateful to them." The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

These are all "Stars and Stripes" Children little French war orphans, ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Comm. to France. Group title: Adopted children, France. Used in: Woman's M... More

[The harbor, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

[The harbor, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9804". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

Le Capne. Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen, sauvant l'equipage de Brick Americain le Lydia / T. Gudin pinxt. et lith. ; lith. de Lemercier.

Le Capne. Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen, sauvant l'equipage de ...

"Captain Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen," saving the crew of the American brig "Lydia." .

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter" of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, 2nd Section, GHQ, cant's play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter" of the Intelligence Section of t...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose father, for nearly a year a prisoner in Germany, has given his life for France. Jeanne has been adopted by Company E, 6th Battalion of the 20th Engineers. When the American Red Cross photographer found her in the garden of her little stone house at Caen, she was playing with knuckle bones that she had painted red, white and blue in honor of her Godfathers. She wrote them soon after she was adopted saying: "I hope you are all in good health and not too unhappy at the front and I send big kisses to you all." The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose fathe...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name from LC-A6199-3907. Source of original on caption card: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Adopted children. France. On caption ... More

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose father, for nearly a year a prisoner in Germany, has given his life for France. Jeanne has been adopted by Company "E", 6th Battalion of the 20th Engineers. When the AMERICAN RED CROSS photographer found her in the garden of her little stone house at Caen, she was playing with knuckle-bones that she had painted red, white and blue in honor of her God-fathers. She wrote them soon after she was adopted saying: "I hope you are all in good health and not too unhappy at the front and I send big kisses to you all." The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops. September 1918

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose fathe...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

Maurice Dallongeville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee children from the Northern districts of France, have been apprenticed in an "atellier" or repair shop at Caen. Here they will learn a trade that both have always been ambitious to learn. In this picture, noon has just struck and, like good workmen, they are ready for lunch. The master of the shop says they are "brave types", which means that they have good heads and good hands and good tempers

Maurice Dallongeville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee childre...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

[St. Pierre church, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

[St. Pierre church, Caen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9797". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Royal Palace and hotel de ville, Caen, France]

[Royal Palace and hotel de ville, Caen, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9803". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

East or Caen Foyer--The Astoria Falk, photographer, Waldorf-Astoria

East or Caen Foyer--The Astoria Falk, photographer, Waldorf-Astoria

Foyer in the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, showing three statues, decorative ceiling, and chairs. Y3128 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George C. Boldt.

Lorraine refugees live and attend school in this Caserne du Chateau, Caen, built (?) Young France and old France. Refugee children on the drawbridge of the ancient Chateau at Caen, which dates from the time of William, the Conqueror. Within the enclosure of the Chateau barracks have been provided for these children to live in. In the group there are 15 "Stars and Stripes" children, French wards of American soldiers, the funds for whose maintanence are administered by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

Lorraine refugees live and attend school in this Caserne du Chateau, C...

Caption from negative sleeve: Young France and old France. Refugee children on the drawbridge of the ancient Chateau at Caen, which dates from the time of William, the Conqueror. Within the enclosure of the Cha... More

Caen. Abbaye aux Hommes view, photochrome print postcard.

Caen. Abbaye aux Hommes view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "France. Caen. The Monastery." Print no. "9798. P.Z." Also known as the Abbey of Saint-Étienne. ... More

Caen. Abbaye aux Dames view, photochrome print postcard.

Caen. Abbaye aux Dames view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "France. Caen. The Nunnery." Print no. "9799. P.Z." Also known as the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité. P... More

Societe D'agriculture et de Commerce de Caen, June 21, 1815, Printed in French

Societe D'agriculture et de Commerce de Caen, June 21, 1815, Printed i...

Printed in French Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, can't play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blues and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of th...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name from LC-A6199-3906. Source of original on caption card: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Adopted children. France. On caption ... More

St. Peters caen - Print, Library of Congress collection

St. Peters caen - Print, Library of Congress collection

W46472 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Debaines, A. Brunet.

Andre Petit lives in one room in a busy street n Caen, with his mother and his two brothers. Andre's "Dear God-fathers", Co. C. of the 504th Engineers, sent him some money "for a game." He bought some Boche soldiers "so that he could be the American soldier to kill them all." The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

Andre Petit lives in one room in a busy street n Caen, with his mother...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

[Old houses in rue St. Pierre, Caen, France]

[Old houses in rue St. Pierre, Caen, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9802". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Ancient house of XVI century, Caen, France]

[Ancient house of XVI century, Caen, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9801". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

Refugees returning to school in Caserne. Colony of about 160 refugee children crossing the drawbridge into the ancient Chateau of Caen, which dates from the days of William the Conqueror. Within the enclosure of the Chateau barracks have been provided for these children to live in under the direction of the Prefet Mirman. Among them are 15 "Stars and Stripes" children, French wards of American soldiers, the funds for whose maintanence are administered by the AMERICAN RED CROSS

Refugees returning to school in Caserne. Colony of about 160 refugee c...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Children's Work. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 19... More

The l'Empereur family consists of the mother Emile (the oldest), Suzanne (standing behind her mother), Jeanne, and Robert, the baby. The father a chasseur a pied, was killed on the Somme in 1916. The family were finally sent back into the South of France. They begged to be sent back to their home at Cirez in the Meurthe et Moselle. No sooner did they get settled once more then there began an intense and prolonged bombardment of German airplanes. Finally, they came to Caen, where they are a part of the Colony Molitor, safe at last and settled till the end of the war. Three of the children have been adopted by the 13th Aero Squadron. The mother says, "Ils sont de petits sauvages", but according to American standards, they are well behaved and charming little children (cont'd?)

The l'Empereur family consists of the mother Emile (the oldest), Suzan...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Photographer name from LC-A6199-3886. Date rec... More

Marie Rouget who lives in Caen, has lost her father in the war, but she has just acquired a whole Company of the 408th Telegraph Battalion for a god-father. Company "D" decided that it must have a "feminine mascot". Marie wrote them early in August that her "brother Paul once saw some Americans and he waved his hand at them, but as for me, I never saw any, as I only go out for school. I like better helping mother with household work, dusting, sweeping, peeling potatoes or sewing for my doll." Company "D" certainly got the kind of mascot it wanted, especially as Marie is as pretty as she is feminine. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Marie Rouget who lives in Caen, has lost her father in the war, but sh...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection... More

Maurice Dallongeville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee children from the Northern districts of France, have been apprenticed in an "atellier" or repair shop at Caen. Here they will learn a trade that both have always been ambitious to learn. In this picture, noon has just struck and, like good workmen, they are ready for lunch. The master of the shop says they are "brave types", which means that they have good heads and good hands and good tempers

Maurice Dallongeville (left) and Maxime Leduc (right), refugee childre...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

At Riva Bella on the seashore near Caen. A colony of 60 refugee children has been established here under the direction of the Prefet Mirman. The picture shows the children in front of their school barracks decorated in honor of the 5th of July when the children learned to sing the "Star Spangled Banner." Among these children are three "Stars and Strips" children, French wards of Amer. Soldiers the funds for whose maintenance are administered by the ARC

At Riva Bella on the seashore near Caen. A colony of 60 refugee childr...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Group title: Children, Refugees, France On caption card: 3994. Used in: Cr... More

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, Section, GHQ, can't play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of th...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name from LC-A6199-3883. Source of original on caption card: A.R.C. Comm. to France. Group title: Adopted children, France. Used in: Woman's Magaz... More

Samuel Prout - Caen Saml. Prout ; Jas. Carter

Samuel Prout - Caen Saml. Prout ; Jas. Carter

Print shows a canal with women washing clothing on a small quay and a view of the rear of the Church of Saint Pierre in Caen, France, with bird-shaped gargoyles at top. Published title: Church of St. Pierre at... More

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose father, for nearly a year a prisoner in Germany, has given his life for France. Jeanne has been adopted by Company "E", 6th Battalion of the 20th Engineers. When the AMERICAN RED CROSS photographer found her in the garden of her little stone house at Caen, she was playing with knuckle-bones that she had painted red, white and blue in honor of her God-fathers. She wrote them soon after she was adopted saying: "I hope you are all in good health and not too unhappy at the front and I send big kisses to you all." The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Jeanne Septvents is a beautiful French girl, 10 years old, whose fathe...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1... More

Paul Pivart is the sturdy little mascot for Company E of the ... Infantry. He was wearing a suit made of a piece of old tent cloth brought home by his father on his last "permission" in 1916. After that the father disappeared and no news of him has ever reached his family. His big silver watch which still "marches well" is the little boy's most treasured possession. He wore it because his picture was to be taken for his "Godfathers." Paul lives at Caen in the Place de la Rheine Mathilde and goes to Vocation School. It costs 6 francs a month, which is paid by his American Godfathers of the Ohio Rainbow Reveille. The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

Paul Pivart is the sturdy little mascot for Company E of the ... Infan...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C., R.C. Commission to France. Group title: Adopted children. France. On capt... More

Caserne du Chateau, Caem, Refugees from Lorraine singing Marseilles as they (?). Children of the refugee colony crossing the drawbridge of the old Chateau of Caen. In the enclosure of the Chateau, barracks have been provided for 160 children to live in under the direction of the Prefet Mirman. Among them are 15 "Stars and Stripes" children, French wards of American soldiers, the funds for whose maintanence are administered by the AMERICAN RED CROSS. The picture shows the older boys of the colony

Caserne du Chateau, Caem, Refugees from Lorraine singing Marseilles as...

Caption from negative sleeve: Children of the refugee colony crossing the drawbridge of the old Chteau of Caen. In the enclosure of the Chateau, barracks have been provided for 160 children to live in under the... More

Societe D'agriculture et de Commerce de Caen, June 21, 1815, Printed in French

Societe D'agriculture et de Commerce de Caen, June 21, 1815, Printed i...

Printed in French Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.