P02686.022 Accession Number: P02686.022

Description

Paolooka, Russia. November 1921. These children are at the Children's Home set up by the Society of Friends (Quakers) for children suffering from malnutrition due to the famine in southern Russia at the end of the war and also for the many orphans whose parents are either dead or missing since the war. The Society of Friends (Quakers) also had a similar receiving home in Buzuluk. (Donor B. Holt)

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Accession Number
P02686.022
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
November 1921
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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