2-917-934 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

1600 block of H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C..., between 1910 and 1920. '..showing Handicraft School, at left, 1622 H Street, and American Red Cross building at right, 1624 H Street, with 17th Street corner leading to old Corcoran Art Gallery in distance'. The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 in the aftermath of the American Civil War to provide disaster relief and medical support for military forces.