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English: Thousands of hungry and ragged Romanians waiting in line for food and clothing outside ARC canteen, Jassy. Many of Romania's destitute would gather at the Canteen at 2 o'clock in the morning in order to be the first in line. Hot meals and clothing were given to every person who would take a bath at least once a week at the American Red Cross Bath House. "A Meal for a Bath" was the slogan of the American Mission. This had a potent effect in encouraging cleanliness among the poor
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  • Prints and Photographs Division (882,826)
  • Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,112,694)
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  • American Red Cross
  • Glass Negatives
  • Romania--Jassy
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Romania
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  • Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
  • Group title: Romania.
  • Used in: Ex. indef. to Mrs. Fiske.
  • 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 7

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