Interior of the American Red Cross "Doughnut Foundry" at Le Mans, France, where 30,000 doughnuts are turned out daily to add to the flavor of the doughboys' mess. Twenty one cooks busy themselves twelve hours a day in the "Foundry." The boxes filled with doughnuts in the background are ready to be transported by the Red Cross to units scattered over a thirty mile area. The officer in the picture is Lieut. P.M. Kelly who is charge of the Red Cross pastry factory
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Canteen U.S. in France.
Used in: Trade Journal Bureau, N.Y. 7/19/1919. Red Cross Bulletin 6/14/19.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 40
Tags
Date
01/01/1919
Location
france
Source
Library of Congress
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