Tying together the sterilized parcel and two bias bandages. The "front parcel" is the specialty of the American Red Cross workroom Rue St. Didier, Paris. It contains the first dressing the wounded soldier gets when he comes from the battle ground to the field dressing station
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name from Red Cross caption card for LC-A6199-3610.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Commission to France.
Group title: Supplies, Surgical Dressings, France.
On caption card: 3610.
Data: Returned to Red Cross Magazine Sept. 6.
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 19
Tags
Date
01/01/1918
Location
france
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html