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A ragged Macedonian peasant at Kavalla, Greece, going to American Red Cross Relief Station

American Red Cross - Prisoners of War - Bulgarian prisoners helping the members of the American Red Cross pull the Red Cross camion out of the mudon the road between Asane and Semendria, Greece

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Greeting American Red Cross in Kowel, Poland. Nearly all inhabitants of this town on borderland of Poland and Russia came down to the Railway Station to see the Red Cross Physicians and nurses come in with flour, food and medical supplies tohelp them fight their typhus epidemic

A view in Greek Macedonia showing an ancient feudal castle in the background and an old Roman bridge. This country suffered much from the effects of war. It was in this district that the Greek King stated that American Red Cross aid had saved 50,000 of his subjects. Americans found the country unchanged in the habits and customs of centuries ago

A study in rags - snapped in one of the streets of the camp at Salonica for Greeks who have been brought back from the Caucasus by their government for the purpose of colonizing Thrace Delayed in Salonica where they disembarked they have been left without food and clothing and thousands were dying when the American Red Cross began relief work there.

American Red Cross - Canteens - American Red Cross Train in the Balkans

American Red Cross - War Work - American Red Cross Activities in the United States. "Kill the Kaiser" game - American Red Cross. Gymnasium at Camp Pike, Arkansas

A typical scene on the Serbo-Greek frontier. It shows a Macedonian girl filling the family water pitcher at the public fountain. This is a common source of water supply to the inhabitants of Macedonia. American Red Cross doctors believe that much disease is caused by the unsanitary water supplies of the Balkans

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - American Red Cross workers disinfecting barracks filled with refugees and "Typhus Bugs." Their costume is unique but effective in preventing the typhus louse from reaching the body

"Americans Gave Life Fighting Here." A view of Kavalla, Greece, where the American Red Cross put up its most desparate fight against the typhus epidemic that was sweeping over the Balkans

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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: Greece.

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

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01/01/1919
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Greece
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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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