American Red Cross - Ambulances - Ambulances waiting to take wounded to hospitals. Convoy of American Red Cross Ambulances in London awaiting a post-war detachment of American soldiers who have been transferred from base hospitals in France for convalescence in the American Red Cross institutions in England. The streets around the London railway stations are frequently so narrow and crowded with traffic that the waiting ambulances are strung out in long lines along the edges of the side streets near that stations, and brought up on by one as soon as the hospital train pulls in

American Red Cross - Ambulances - Red Cross Ambulances in England. American Red Cross ambulances just arrived from the United States, lined up in the heart of London for inspection by the American and British authorities. Each of these ambulances was the gift of a private donor, who name is inscribed on a brass plate. They have all been asisgned to duty in the Red Cross and army hospitals in England where American soldiers are being cared for during the period of convalescence

American Red Cross - Ambulances - Presentation of ambulances to the American Red Cross commission for Great Britian. Major Harper Sibley of Rochester, N.Y., acting on behalf of a large number of priate doners in America, presenting a long chain of ambulances for use in the American hospitals in England. Major R. Stuart Smith, of Philadelphia representing the Commission for Great Britian accept them. The photograph was taken in front of one of the Red Cross headquarters buildings in London

American Red Cross - Ambulances - Red Cross Ambulance garage in London. Emergency call at the London garage of the American Red Cross. A flying squadron of fifteen ambulances is always kept here for any sudden call

American Red Cross - Canteens - American Red Cross cares for American on leave in London, England. The enourmous influx of American soldiers on leave in London after the armistice flooded all hotel and hostel accomodations and many American soldiers found themselves at eleven or twelve o'clock without a place to sleep. The Red Cross threw open several of its large headquarters buildings and furnished the men with blankets and hot meals. Group of men arriving at Red Cross headquarters at midnight "canteened" in the big hallway

American Red Cross - Groups - American Red Cross Mission due in Rumania, Sept. 22, 1917. Carrying $200,000 worth of supplies, urgently needed, the American Red Cross Mission arrived in Rumania, Sept. 22, 1917. It had left Petrograd on Sept. 18, on the last stage of its journey to Jassy, capital of Rumania. The $200,000 worth of supplies were designed to meet the immediate needs of the people of Rumania. Reports in Petrograd stated that conditions there were terrible, and that pending the arrival of the American Red Cross Mission wounds were being dressed with sawdust for lack of better surgical dressings. The Mission to Rumania was headed by H.W. Anderson, of Richmond. Photo shows the executive staff, physicians and nurses

American Red Cross - Ambulances - Red Cross Ambulances on call in London. Convoy of Red Cross ambulances on duty at Red Cross headquarters in London

American Red Cross - Ambulances - Ambulances waiting to take wounded to hospitals. Convoy of American Red Cross Ambulances in London awaiting a post-war detachment of American soldiers who have been transferred from base hospitals in France for convalescence in the American Red Cross institutions in England. The streets around the London railway stations are frequently so narrow and crowded with traffic that the waiting ambulances are strung out in long lines along the edges of the side streets near that stations, and brought up on by one as soon as the hospital train pulls in

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American Red Cross - Ambulances

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1917 - 1918

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