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[American Red Cross rolling canteens at Italian Front] – Vintage Wall Art

[American Red Cross rolling canteens at Italian Front], 1918 — historic photograph
[American Red Cross rolling canteens at Italian Front], 1918. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Wheeled canteens, the carts that brought hot drinks and simple supplies toward soldiers, are the focus here, shown on the Italian Front in 1918. The American Red Cross ran canteen and relief services in Italy during the last year of the war, when Italian and Allied forces were holding out against the Austro-Hungarian army along mountain and river positions. Volunteers at these carts offered coffee, chocolate, and cigarettes, small comforts that meant a great deal to men far from home. The caption card for this print is unverified, so the exact unit and location are uncertain, but the picture records an important part of wartime relief work.

Created / published1918
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsAmerican Red Cross Album 15, no. 404. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; WWI--Italy; ARC; Italy. Unprocessed PR 06 CN 090A?
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,133 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150335

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