Keywords: people Lot-2916-11: Russian Intervention, 1918-1920. The Baggage Smashers. This picture shows the squad of Russian and Turkish freight handlers at the American Red Cross warehouse on the island of Proti, near Constantinople. With the fall of Odessa and the escape of thousands of refugees the Red Cross offered to care for a thousand on this island and supply depot was immediately installed where food, clothing, and tents have provided to these political exiles. Photograph May 1920. American Red Cross Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/01). Lot-2916-11: Russian Intervention, 1918-1920. The Baggage Smashers. This picture shows the squad of Russian and Turkish freight handlers at the American Red Cross warehouse on the island of Proti, near Constantinople. With the fall of Odessa and the escape of thousands of refugees the Red Cross offered to care for a thousand on this island and supply depot was immediately installed where food, clothing, and tents have provided to these political exiles. Photograph May 1920. American Red Cross Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/01). |