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[A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance being towed by a truck, Italian Front] – Historic Print

[A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance being towed by a truck, Italian Front], [beteween 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance being towed by a truck, Italian Front], [beteween 1914 and 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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Step back in time with [A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance being towed by a truck, Italian Front], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance being towed by a truck, Italian Front]

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A wrecked American Red Cross ambulance, hitched to a truck and dragged along a road, is the particular subject here, and the photograph catches the sort of mishap that was routine on the Italian Front during the First World War. American volunteers and relief workers served with Italian forces and civilian aid efforts there, and their ambulances were pushed hard over mountain roads and shelled supply routes, so breakdowns and wrecks were common. The record dates the print only to between 1914 and 1918, and its caption card is unverified, so the exact location and date remain uncertain. Still, the image offers a useful glimpse of the wartime motor transport that kept casualties moving from the front lines to aid stations.

Created / published[beteween 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI--Italy; Ambulances; Red Cross.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,084 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155982

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