Wood carving. Colored patient carving a box. The American Red Cross Aides in occupational therapy at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. are teaching the patients various kinds of hand work and this boy has chosen wood carving. Improvement in health and stimulation of ambition are resulting from this work [graphic] /

Wood carving. Colored patient carving a box. The American Red Cross Aides in occupational therapy at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. are teaching the patients various kinds of hand work and this boy has chosen wood carving. Improvement in health and stimulation of ambition are resulting from this work [graphic] / Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer. still image Gelatin silver prints 1920. gmgpc Washington, D.C. : American Red Cross, 1920 June 22. eng Photograph showing an African American World War I veteran carving a wooden box during occupational therapy at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Lewis Hine Photographs African American Veteran. Well-versed in depicting individuals and their challenging circumstances from his work documenting child workers for the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine joined the American Red Cross in 1918 and then did freelance photography for the organization through the 1930s. The caption on the back of this photograph identifies its subject as an African American patient who chose wood carving as an occupational therapy activity at the United States Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts. African Americans volunteered en force during World War I, with more than 350,000 serving in segregated units. Title transcribed from item. Group title: Reconstruction. Rehabilitation. (Hospital Service) U.S. Inscribed on lower left corner of photo: RC1485. Printed at top of mount: American Red Cross Washington, D.C. Typed on verso: No. RC-1485. American National Red Cross Exhibited: "World War I : American Artists View the Great War" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May - November 2016. American National Red Cross--Washington (D.C.)--1920. United States Marine Hospital at Boston--1920. Military hospitals--Massachusetts--Chelsea--1920. War casualties--Massachusetts--Chelsea--1920. Wood carving--Massachusetts--Chelsea--1920. Medical aspects of war--1920. World War, 1914-1918--Casualties. United States Massachusetts Chelsea. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40989 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40990 Served by appointment (Unprocessed). To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials," No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection,"