Female American Red Cross personnel in Paris, France, March 15, 1919.
French women employed by the American Red Cross repurposing bed linens in Paris, March 15, 1919.
American Red Cross hostel, Paris, with beds pulled from former hospitals.
American Red Cross rest camp for American servicemen near the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Americans getting a hot meal in Paris.
The war may have ended, but the duties of the Red Cross kept on. Thousands of servicemen remained in Europe and their needs continued on, as did those of the thousands of refugees that were displaced as a result of the war. For those folks, the Red Cross kept in operation.
Closer to home some were dreaming of their 1919 gardens.
And some were imaging adventure and probably romance.
J. C. Leyendecker was imagining fruit filled homecomings.
Villa was imagining a victory in Mexico and took some hostages towards that end.. The Mormons had a colony in Mexico at the time, and Villa apparently didn't take kindly to it, or at least saw it as an opportunity.
And alcohol interests were imagining a few more months in business to try to keep up their struggle to keep their product legal.
Woodrow Wilson was imagining the League of Nations as part of a treaty to end the war, which all the former warring parties were now working on.
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