File:Argonne Embroidery. 11621v.jpg

English: Title: Argonne Embroidery. The Argonne forest bids fair to become as famous for its embroidery as for its battles. Under the guidance of the Society of Friends of Philadelphia and the American Red Cross, hundreds of women and girls are supporting themselves by making a new embroidery. This unique welfare organization is directed by Miss Louise Baker, seen in one of the pictures and has enrolled hundreds of women. Cloth and thread are furnished by the organization and the workers are paid from 40 to 50 centimes an hour for their services

Date Created/Published: Aug. 13, 1920 [date received] Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-anrc-11621 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection,"(https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html) Call Number: LC-A6197- RC-2492-Ax [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Notes: Lunch cloths, waists and frocks made by them have found a ready sale throughout the cities of France. Tourists are especially anxious to obtain this new material, and calls are being received from all sides for "Argonne embroidery." Finished articles are sold by the organization at from 70 to 100 francs (approximately seven dollars) but would bring several times that amount in the Fifth Avenue shops. Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Data: TT C. Group title: Reconstruction workrooms, France. 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 24