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Esthonia News Service, A CITY OF MERCY AT RUSSIA'S DOOR, American Red Cross quarantine camp for Russian refugees at Narva where Esthonia and Russia meet. This tented city is one of the barriers against the spread of typhus and other contagious diseases brought out by the refugees from Russia. More than 4,000 pass through this camp every week. Each refugee remains for five days. They are then turned over to the civil authorities for help in reaching their destinations

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Esthonia News Service, A CITY OF MERCY AT RUSSIA'S DOOR, American Red Cross quarantine camp for Russian refugees at Narva where Esthonia and Russia meet. This tented city is one of the barriers against the spread of typhus and other contagious diseases brought out by the refugees from Russia. More than 4,000 pass through this camp every week. Each refugee remains for five days. They are then turned over to the civil authorities for help in reaching their destinations

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Summary

Title from negative or negative sleeve.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Photographed by the American Red Cross (Swift)
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
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 26

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Date

1914 - 1918
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Location

estonia
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Source

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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