Bunny Hop, 1954
The photograph above shows Americans Abroad Summer Program participants doing the Bunny Hop at a ball in West Berlin in 1954. The ball was held in the cafeteria at the…
Archival Spotlight
highlighting exciting and unique items from the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
Obstacle Dodging, 1917
During World War I, many AFS ambulance drivers went to the May-en-Multien training camp, which was created to train incoming volunteers to handle and maneuver the ambulances (including dodging obstacles),…
Makeshift Christmas Tree, 1942
The photograph depicted above shows AFS unit ME 32 celebrating Christmas aboard the S.S. El Nil, an Egyptian ship, on their trips overseas during World War II. Behind a man…
View from the Ponte Vecchio, 1945
The photograph depicted above shows an American Field Service (AFS) ambulance driver looking at ruins in Florence, Italy from the Ponte Vecchio bridge during World War II. The Germans destroyed…
Khaki the Dog, 1915
Joshua Gabriel Baker Campbell enlisted with the transportation units at the American Ambulance Hospital in 1914, with a group that would later be renamed Section Sanitaire Etats-Unis (SSU) 1 of…
Belt of a Thousand Stitches, 1944
Thomas M. Sawyer was teaching English at a school in Honolulu, Hawaii, when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. After discovering he could not enlist with the U.S.…
World’s Fair, 1965
In July 1965, 140 AFS Participants visited the Bell Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair during their summer bus trip. The New York World’s Fair was held at Flushing…
AFS Diploma, 1917
The item shown above is the diploma that was given to every volunteer who served in the American Field Service for a period of six months or more during World…
Martha Verdejo Bigliani, 1955
AFS Argentina is one of several AFS countries celebrating a 60th anniversary this year! AFS Argentina sent its first six students, including Martha Verdejo Bigliani, to the United States in…