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Clara Barton

Clara Barton
Artist
Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950
Studio
Keystone View Company, active 1892 - 1939?
Sitter
Clara Barton, 25 Dec 1821 - 12 Apr 1912
Date
c. 1904
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver prints (stereograph)
Dimensions
Image/Sheet (each): 7.7 × 7.7 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/16")
Mount: 8.7 × 15.3 cm (3 7/16 × 6")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Nature & Environment\Plant
Printed Material\Document
Printed Material\Papers
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
Home Furnishings\Curtain
Photographic format\Stereograph
Clara Barton: Female
Clara Barton: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist
Clara Barton: Medicine and Health\Nurse
Clara Barton: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Humanitarian organization administrator\Humanitarian organization founder
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.81.83
Exhibition Label
Clara Barton led the campaign to establish the American Red Cross and became its founding president in 1881. She guided the organization’s effort in Cuba in 1898, arriving in Siboney on July 1, and working alongside the U.S. Army through early September. Tensions ensued because the American Red Cross, an independent organization, did not consider itself subject to military orders.
When the Spanish surrendered that December, Barton stayed in Santiago to aid both soldiers and the civilian population. In the 1950s, the city of Santiago placed a commemorative bust of Barton in La Alameda Park to honor her service.
Clara Barton lideró la campaña para crear la Cruz Roja Americana y fue su primera presidenta en 1881. En 1898 dirigió la labor de la organización en Cuba. Llegó a Siboney el 1 de julio y trabajó junto al ejército estadounidense hasta principios de septiembre. Surgieron tensiones porque la Cruz Roja, organización independiente, no se consideraba sujeta a las órdenes militares.
Al rendirse los españoles aquel diciembre, Barton permaneció en Santiago para ayudar a los soldados y a la población civil. En la década de 1950, la ciudad de Santiago colocó un busto conmemorativo de Barton en el parque La Alameda para honrar su labor.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view