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Caricature, Why he is happy / C.J. Taylor., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Why he is happy / C.J. Taylor., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows Spanish general and Cuban governor Valeriàno Weyler sitting on his horse on an island labeled "Cuba"; a bomb labeled "Dissatisfaction" is burning near the rear of the horse. In the background, the d... More

Skirmishing near the "monasteries in the air," northern Greece

Skirmishing near the "monasteries in the air," northern Greece

40360 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armed monks gathering wood for the Meteora monasteries during the Turkish invasion

Armed monks gathering wood for the Meteora monasteries during the Turk...

40365 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kalambaka, Grecian frontier, from which the first insurgents crossed into Turkey

Kalambaka, Grecian frontier, from which the first insurgents crossed i...

Group of men, some armed, posed in foreground. 40361 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4.

A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.

A small job for six big policemen / Keppler.

Print shows figures representing "England, Hungary, France, Germany, Russia, [and] Italy" carrying nightsticks and escorting a young child labeled "Greece".

Irregulars on the frontier--awaiting an attack--Graeco-Turkish War

Irregulars on the frontier--awaiting an attack--Graeco-Turkish War

40367 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group portrait of orphans from orphanages at the Old Palace and Zappeion, Athens, Greece, and their directors]

[Group portrait of orphans from orphanages at the Old Palace and Zappe...

Filed in: Greece Children General (folder). On verso: Mrs. Harris, Director, Old Palace (Girls). Mrs. Bassett, Director, Zappion (Boys). C.M.N., Director of Nursing. 1500 New Years Day. Went to the movies as a... More

Orphans under care of American Near East Relief exercising at ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Athens In the background the Acropolis.

Orphans under care of American Near East Relief exercising at ruins of...

Filed in: Greece Children General (folder). Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

During the spring months, the ARC anticipating the danger of typhus and other contagious diseases, kept prepared several tents for the purpose of isolating any case that might be found This proved to be a wise precaution, and thanks to such effective means as this, all epidemics were successfully kept down on the Isle of Chios. The above picture shows an isolation ward maintained at Chios. The Red Cross had two such wards, supervised by the American Womens Hospitals.

During the spring months, the ARC anticipating the danger of typhus an...

Filed in: Greece Hospitals & dispensaries. No. RC 33880. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Hospitals, Chios, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Five thousand refugees have received soup daily at Chios since January Besides the bread given these people, the soup constituted their only food. Thousands owe their lives to this distribution. The building employed is an old Turkish mosque. The two figures in the foreground are Circassions [i.e. Circassians].

Five thousand refugees have received soup daily at Chios since January...

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC 33887. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Refugees, Feeding, Chios. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

The milk stations were by far the most important work of the Red Cross, as they were entirely responsible for saving the lives of thousands of babies At one milk station alone on [sic] the dangerous spring months, the total fed on the whole island reached as high at times as 3000.

The milk stations were by far the most important work of the Red Cross...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens. Greece received 1,000,000 refugees or one to each family in the country A refugee city that was built by Greek Americans. A model of cleanliness and order.

Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens. Greece re...

Photographs show Greek and Armenian children, probably from Anatolia, standing outside barracks and a view of the barracks along a street, near Athens, Greece. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On ... More

[The Parthenon with scaffolding] [Greek and Armenian refugee children from Anatolia standing outside one-story building, near Athens, Greece] ; [Frank Carpenter with arms around a column, Greece]

[The Parthenon with scaffolding] [Greek and Armenian refugee children ...

On page: no. 1600 (top image), no. 1601 (middle image) and no. 1602 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [122]. Caption for image no. 1601 based on similar image of children in same albu... More

Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens--Greece received 1,000,000 refugees or one to each family of the country

Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens--Greece re...

Greek and Armenian refugee children from Anatolia standing outside one-story building. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). In album: European Pictures (1923 Trip), no. 1469. Copyright ... More

In the harbour of Pireaus Greek refugee children swept from their homes in Asia Minor by the Turks and now in refugee villages in Athens.

In the harbour of Pireaus Greek refugee children swept from their home...

Photographs show ships and boats at Pireaus and Greek refugee children from Anatolia in front of a building, Athens, Greece. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1478x (top image), and n... More

More refugee children in old American clothes In the small towns of Greece the cafes are open early in the morning and soon the air is buzzing with political discussion over morning coffee.

More refugee children in old American clothes In the small towns of Gr...

Photographs show Greek refugee children probably from Anatolia with men and men seated in an outdoor cafe, Greece. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1480 (top image), and no. 1481 (bott... More