Life, 1917-01-04 · page 26 of 38
Life — January 4, 1917 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page documents **Life magazine's charitable fundraising campaign** to support French war orphans and widowed mothers during World War I. The photograph shows **Paulette Truchard, Baby 384**—one of the French children being sponsored. The text explains Life's organized donation system: American readers contribute funds that are converted to French currency and sent directly to a French aid society. Each donor receives the name and details of a specific child they're supporting. The page lists numerous contributors and their designated "baby numbers," showing that by this point the fund had raised over $40,000 (roughly $275,000 in francs remitted to Paris). The campaign emphasizes transparency—funds go directly to beneficiaries with "no deduction whatever for expenses." This reflects Progressive Era attitudes toward charitable accountability while appealing to American sympathy for innocent civilian victims of the war.
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