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

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 Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 photographer still image graphic still image Gelatin silver prints-1920. xxu 1920 monographic Washington, D.C American Red Cross 1920 June 22 eng 1 photograph mounted on board : gelatin silver print ; sheet 11.4 x 16.3 cm, on mount 30.4 x 23.7 cm. 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. 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," Lewis Hine. 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. DLC Printed at top of mount: American Red Cross Washington, D.C. DLC Typed on verso: No. RC-1485. DLC Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952 (PR 06 CN 089). 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 Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 087 [item] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40989 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40990 2016645724 LC-DIG-ppmsca-40989 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-40990 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.40989 hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.40990 aacr dcrmg DLC 160414 20250607071029.2 19055255 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng