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Three nurses pose outside the barracks
Group photo of nurses at the hospital
Loading an ambulance in the snow
Nurses filing out of a building
Nurses reading at the hospital
A crowd of children in front of an Alexandropol dorm on a snowy day
Portrait of a smiling nurse
Woman at a medicine cabinet gazes at the camera
Nurse at the bedside of a patient
Nurses at the hospital
A crowd watches men carry someone in a stretcher to an ambulance
Little boy meeting with the doctor
Children waiting to see the doctor
Medical workers loading someone into an ambulance on a snowy day
Boys building mud houses in the garden
Assembly of children running across the grounds
Two boy scouts in front of a crowd of children with American flags
Girl with braids and a cap in front of NER truck
Little boy in papakha hat getting rations
Children next to a play house in the garden
Little boy offers a girl a flower
Little girl reaching into a window box of flowers
Boy sitting in the grass
Tug-O-War in the Snow
Boy with a Reindeer Calf
Group of Girls in front of Kazachi Post Church
Woman and Girl in front of a Greenhouse
Girl with a Donkey
Class picture in Alexandropol
The Girl with the Flower Crown
Smiling for the Camera
Snowball Fight in a Snow Fort
Two little girls holding lambs on a snowy day
Building a Snow Fort
| Caption from the back: Snow fort made over a war trench |
Relief worker and little children pose behind an icy barrel wagon on a snowy day
Barclay Acheson Sledding with the Children at Alexandropol
Boy bundled against the cold
Orphan girl sitting on a wall
Children crowded around an American car in Erivan
Big-eyed, barefoot little boy by an American car
Little girl holding a bucket
Little girl with a mug of coco gets a check up
Getting ready for a picture
Barclay Acheson goes for a ride
Barclay Acheson greets children
Horse drawn cart in the snow
Supply carts arriving at Alexandropol
Children outside a church on a snowy day
Children under the trees on a snowy day
Posing outside of a workshop
Laundry Day at Alexandropol
Children on a snowy tree lined road
Boy with a motor car
Standing on a fence in the snow
Little boy gives another a piggyback ride
Going for a ride
Snowball fight
Church Service at Alexandropol
Children at the Alexandropol Orphanage attend a church service outdoors.
“The Largest Orphanage Program the World Has Ever Seen”
Children gather outside the Alexandropol Orphanage
Orphans on the grounds at Kazachi Post in Alexandropol
Orphans on the grounds at Kazachi Post in Alexandropol
Girl with a flower crown
Girl with a flower crown
Boys walk in a long line at Alexandropol
Boys walk in a long line at Alexandropol
Orphans gather outside Alexandropol orphanage
Orphans gather outside Alexandropol orphanage
Music Lesson
An outdoor music lesson at Alexandropol. The boys are playing long-necked lutes, or saz, an ancient Central Asian instrument.
Barracks, Jaquith
Military buildings in Alexandropol, a soldier standing on a side.
Farming in Fields
Agriculture and farming in Alexandropol
Miss Myrtle Shane
An article about Miss Myrtle who was the last American woman who remained in Alexandropol after other women fled the area seeking safety from the red armies.
NearEast Boys& Girls Map
A living map of the Near East, 4200 boys and girls at Alexandropol forming the map of Near East efforts in Palestine, Turkey, Armenia, and Greece. The map is formed on a hill.
Soup Kitchen, Alexandropol
ALexandropol In Armenia
Trachoma Hospital
Trachoma Hospital
Children of all ages with steeple in the background
Children of all ages with steeple in the background
Older girl holding young girl’s hand
Older girl holding the hand of a younger girl
Boys Summer Camp
Boys Summer Camp at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol
Parade at Alexandropol viewed from balcony
Girl picking flowers from a window box
A barefoot girl in a white orphanage dress reaches for a flower from a window box.
Boy handing a girl a flower, Alexandropol
A boy presents a flower to a girl in the gardens at Alexandropol. Both wear orphanage uniforms.
Children working in the garden at Polygon Orphanage
The orphanage garden provided food for the orphanage. Surplus produce was sold in the local market to support orphanage operations.
Boys sitting on the roof of a hut at Polygon Orphanage
Boys sit on the roof of a small house that they built themselves at Polygon Orphanage in Alexandropol.
Boys with a hut at Polygon Orphanage
Boys pose with a hut that they built themselves in the garden at Polygon Orphanage, which was part of the orphanage complex at Alexandropol. Polygon doubled as an agricultural school.
Boys in the garden at Alexandropol
Boys in the garden at the Polygon Orphanage, Alexandropol. One boy is playing a flute. Polygon functioned as a boys’ orphanage and an agricultural school. Surplus produce was sold in the local market to support the orphanage.
Boys swimming in irrigation ditch, Alexandropol
Boys swimming in an irrigation ditch near the barracks at Alexandropol’s orphanage complex
Boys build a wall around a small house, Alexandropol
Two boys build a mud brick wall in front of their small playhouse in the orphanage yard.
Children building small houses in the orphanage yard, Alexandropol
The boys of Polygon Orphanage (part of the complex at Alexandropol) built small playhouses in the large orphanage yard. Near East Relief photographer Miss E.J. Hardcastle commented on their projects in the Nov. 1922 issue of the New Near East magazine: “With the boys the desire to be busy all the time expresses itself in gardens and wonderfully constructed homes, exact reproductions of their village houses. They are clever little chaps.”
Children with small houses in yard
A boy bends to inspect a small house built from mud bricks in the garden at Alexandropol. The children enjoyed building and decorating these playhouses with readily available natural materials. The house at left has the additional luxury of a small doll.
Nurse and girls in garden, Alexandropol
Nurse and girls in the garden at Alexandropol. This nurse and these girls appear in a series of photographs that may have been taken for promotional purposes.
Nurse and girls in garden, Alexandropol
Nurse and girls in the garden at Alexandropol. This nurse and these girls appear in a series of photographs that may have been taken for promotional purposes.
Large group of boys in garden, Alexandropol
The orphanage gardens provided outdoor exercise, educational training, and — most importantly — food for the orphanages.
Nurse and girls in garden, Alexandropol
Nurse and girls in the garden at Alexandropol. This nurse and these girls appear in a series of photographs that may have been taken for promotional purposes.
Nurse and child with rabbit, Alexandropol
Nurse and child with a rabbit at the orphanage complex at Alexandropol. The young woman may be a student or graduate of the Edith Winchester Nursing School.
Children with small houses that they built themselves, Alexandropol
Children at Alexandropol built small playhouses in the large orphanage yard. The house on the far right has two small photographs or postcards as decorations.
