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Description: «Seversky Community». Fridtjof Nansen stands among the dressed up children in front of an orphanage for 4000 girls. The establishment was one of several under the management of Near East Reliefs. One of the pictures from the trip through Armenia, in the period June 7 to July 2, 1925. On request of the International Labour Union (ILO) and the League of Nations, Fridtjof Nansen travelled together with an appointed committee of experts, visiting the country and looking at the plans for artificial irrigation of parts of the desert, in order to relocate refugees there. (Leninakan).
Title: No-nb bldsa 6d141
Credit: National Library of Norway
Author: America (?) [according to Nasjonalbiblioteket]
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