WWI soldier facial reconstruction casts and masks, ca. 1918

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : silver gelatin ; 12 x 17 cm.

Creator: American Red Cross, photographer

Description: Photograph documents Anna Coleman Ladd's creation of cosmetic masks to be worn by soldiers badly disfigured during World War I. Eighteen casts of soldiers' facial features with and without reconstruction masks hang on the wall and eight masks rest against the wall on a table.
Identification on verso (stamped): Amer. Red Cross. Place de la Concorde.

Forms part of: Anna Coleman Ladd papers, ca. 1881-1950

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: WWI soldier facial reconstruction casts and masks, ca. 1918 / American Red Cross, photographer. Anna Coleman Ladd papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 9680

Subjects:

• Masks
• Soldiers
• World War, 1914-1918

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