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American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Sunny morning with American newspapers in front of new American Red Cross Canteen Club at Winchester. Here nearly 1000 Americans who have been serving in British Units will pass through this camp during next 8 months. The Red Cross Club Canteen which has just been opened for these men at request of British authorities, is a huge concrete slab building the largest structure of its kind in England

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - American soldiers visit England. First American soldiers to get leave from the western front for a seven days' visit to England. They are gathered in the courtyard of the Red Cross headquarters in London

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - American Red Cross Headquarters at Norwich, England. Mr. and Mrs. R. Neil Williams are two Americans who have been living in England for some time. When the American Red Cross came to England, they offered their services, and were appointed to take charge of the work in the Norwich district. Their house has become a rendezvous for American soldiers and sailors

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Billeting and amusements quarters. American Red Cross, Cardiff, Upper Floors, offices, sleeping accommodations for 500 men, sick quarters, Library pool tables, baths. Lower Floor Movie Machine and Boxing Ring. In front of building is the entire Red Cross staff and some of the sailors who helped the Red Cross "Carry on."

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 - 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 - Canteens - The midnight canteen Red Cross headquarters at 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London. Every American soldier who comes finds a place to sleep in London and there are hundreds of them every night, is welcomed at Red Cross Headquarters, where he gets a fine meal at the canteen counter, and then is given a sleeping place in halls or offices of the big building. The men sleep in long rows on the the floors and tables. This was done for several nights during the period following the signing of the armistice, until other arrangements could be made for taking care of the big influx of American son leave in London

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - American Red Cross Child Welfare Center, London, England. "Bar room" in a London "public house" or saloon at 26 Presont Street, Bethnal Green, which was taken over by the American Red Cross. The moters enter by the bar-room, where they are served tea or refreshment from the old bar. The old "still-room" serves as a garage for baby carriages, and a small room at the back of the bar is devoted to new mothers or prospective mothers who desire private consultations. The huge store-room behind is used for selling milk, making up prescriptions and also for classes

American Red Cross hospital for the United States Navy, Park Lane, London. The commander of the hospital is Lt. L.W. McGrath, U.S.N. of Charleston, S.C. The hospital is located in one of the "palaces" among London private residences, being the home of Captain and Mrs. Frederick Guest. Captain Guest is a member of Parliament, and his wife was Miss Amy Phipps of Pittsburg. The house was built some years ago, mostly of marble, by a South African diamond king, and is valued at several million dollars. It has one of the finest sites in London overlooking Hyde Park

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - One of the American Red Cross headquarters buildings in London. This building houses the offices of the Department of Military Relief and the Home Communications Service. Here also in the headquarters of the famous Red Cross "Flying Squadron", an automobile unit which can be rushed on a moments notice to any point where immediate relief is necessary, such as a port where a crowd of torpedoed soldiers are seamen have just arrived

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American Red Cross - Recreation and Sports - American Red Cross Canteen, Issoudan, France. American soldiers enjoying a moving picture show

Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction, has a semi-outdoors type powerhouse with an enormous gantry crane (to the right of the picture) for installation and removal of units. The project is further distinguished by a control building which is entirely removed from the hydro plant, being located some 120 feet higher on top of a steep cliff and with direct connection to the switchyard behind. The windowless left wing of the control building houses the control room; the tower-like structure in the back accomodates air conditioning, restrooms, etc. The glass wall, upper level, contains the reception room with a broad semi-circular overlook terrace, the story below the terrace devoted to offices

Firefighters work to put out the flames moments after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 0930 on September 11, 2001

Mike Nally, a combat journalist, takes a rubbing on

Seamen's Bank, 30 Wall St., New York, New York. Director's dining room II

British navy at war / George Pulman & Sons, Ltd., Thayer St., London, W.1.

Seamen's Bank for Savings, 74 Wall St., New York City. Mail room II

St. Michael's German Lutheran Church from "The Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia, with some notice of their owners and occupants. [Illustrated.]"

U.S.S. Nahant, ship's company - Public domain portrait photograph

Seamen's Bank for Savings, 546 5th Ave., New York City. Officers' section

Firefighters work to put out the flames moments after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 0930 on September 11, 2001

Firefighters work to put out the flames moments after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 0930 on September 11, 2001

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