How the news of peace was received at a German prison camp somewhere in England. Two poles, a mattress, blankets, and a mop composed the imitation camel that led the Peace Celebration Parade of German prisoners around the camp. For the first time in many months, everybody in the prison camp wore a happy smile, and it was difficult to tell whether the German prisoners behind the barb wire or their English guards or the American doctors who care for them, were the happiest

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How the news of peace was received at a German prison camp somewhere in England. Two poles, a mattress, blankets, and a mop composed the imitation camel that led the Peace Celebration Parade of German prisoners around the camp. For the first time in many months, everybody in the prison camp wore a happy smile, and it was difficult to tell whether the German prisoners behind the barb wire or their English guards or the American doctors who care for them, were the happiest

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Title and note information from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Prisoners, Eng.
Data: Mt. Potomac, Central, Pacific, Atlantic, Mr. Redding, Northern, S.W. New Eng. Pa. Lake Div. 12/18.
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 21

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01/01/1918
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Location

england
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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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