A first class Roumanian funeral. Three teams of horses draped in somber black robes with dark cockades haul the hearse when a Roumanian undertaker wins a "first class" funeral. The mourners follow on foot with bare heads. Balkan funerals offer a contrast of picturesque and pitiful scenes. American Red Cross workers, distributing relief throughout the country, have seen one of these three team impressive processions, followed by a one hearse after which trudged a small barefooted boy only mourner

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A first class Roumanian funeral. Three teams of horses draped in somber black robes with dark cockades haul the hearse when a Roumanian undertaker wins a "first class" funeral. The mourners follow on foot with bare heads. Balkan funerals offer a contrast of picturesque and pitiful scenes. American Red Cross workers, distributing relief throughout the country, have seen one of these three team impressive processions, followed by a one hearse after which trudged a small barefooted boy only mourner

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Summary

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Roumania.
On caption card: (11574)
Used in: Ex. T.T.C. Journal. indef.
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 11

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Date

01/01/1919
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Location

Romania
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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