This lantern slide, “Damaged Y.M.C.A. Emblem,” shows a heavily damaged wall on which the Y.M.C.A. red triangle emblem had been painted. This sign was located on an old Australian Y.M.C.A. hut in Ypres, Belgium. The different sides of the red triangle represent body, mind, and spirit.
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Notes:
During World War I, the Australian Y.M.C.A pooled their resources with the United States, Canada, England, and New Zealand to form the International Hospitality League, which provided social services to all Allied troops. In the leave areas, Y.M.C.A. secreataries provided educational, athletic, recreational, and entertainment programs. They operated canteens, writing rooms, and libraries and organized excursions, dances, guided tours, hikes, and games. By the end of World War I, the Y.M.C.A. operated nineteen leave areas in France. This slide is part of a collection of lantern slides depicting scenes of Australian YMCA war work during World War I. The Australian War Memorial has a duplicate of the image (http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H01161/).
Slight foxing along top edge of image; Text on border reads, "Ypres Sign on the Old Aust. Y.M.C.A. on Rue de Lille."
Part of the Australian Y.M.C.A. WWI Lantern Slide Series
