Photograph of men taking a shower

Photograph of men taking a shower

World War I
WWI
Military
France
Post Card
Red Cross
Society for the Relief of War

Photograph of five men taking a shower with another man operating the water. This is a picture post card, language on front and back is French. Translation: "If there is not a committee of the Society of the Red Cross or other Society for the Relief of War in your city, we count on the humanitarian sentiments and zeal of a member of your Council to take or letter in hand and to obtain a subsidy from the local, industrial, mining, commercial, and important administrations to help us improve the very hard life of the COMBATTANTS by the - HOT SHOWER- that our Philanthropic Work has taken to ensure even in the most advanced front positions. Our thanks."

Coordination Des Secours Aux Combattants, Paris, France.

File Photo: Biography BIO235

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

c. 1917-1918

Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

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French with English translation

photograph

BIO235 goes with BIO234

WWI, World War I, Hygiene, Red Cross, Society for the Relief of War, France, Decatur, IL.

photograph

3.5 x 5.5"