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…
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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…
Evacuation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 1945
Evacuation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. RG2/030, Charles H. Horton Collection. Courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs (AFS Archives.) This photograph cannot be…
AFS Janus: Centennial Issue
The centennial issue of the AFS Janus was published exactly one hundred years after A. Piatt Andrew negotiated an agreement with the French military to have ambulance units comprised of American…
Deconstructed Photograph, 1917
April 2015 is exactly 100 years after A. Piatt Andrew negotiated an agreement with the French military to have ambulance units comprised of American volunteers serve closer to the front…
AFS Mom, 1979
This photograph shows Marga Johnstone, the AFS Chapter President of John Muir High School, standing in front of her car in Pasadena, California in 1979. Marga was an AFS Host…
A World War II Love Story, 1944
World War II Driver Charles P. Edwards was active in service projects even before volunteering with the American Field Service (AFS.) After graduating from college, he worked on a project…
A. Piatt Andrew Letter to Parents, 1914
Exactly 100 years ago this month, A. Piatt Andrew arrived in Paris to volunteer as an ambulance driver at the American Ambulance Hospital. This civilian-run Hospital was founded before the…