Photo of the Day

Picture of two Red Cross nurses using microscopes to conduct research during World War I
March 11, 2022

Red Cross Research

Most of the stories in the April 1917 issue centered on what was happening in the Great War—what would later be known as World War I. This photo of Red Cross nurses using microscopes to conduct research appeared in a story called "The Burden France Has Borne."
Photograph by Paul Thompson, Nat Geo Image Collection

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