Armenian-Syrian Relief volunteers, New York, 1916

The photograph shows Harutyun and Vartanush Manigian, volunteers of the Armenian-Syrian Relief “Tag Day”, with their aunt Aghavni Ghazazian. It was taken in New York in 1916.

The woman and the two children, a boy and a girl, stand in front of a painted studio backdrop. Each wears a sash with the English words “Armenian-Syrian Relief” and holds a box.

According to the source, the initiative aimed to raise funds to help Armenians who had survived the genocide, uniting the diaspora community around this humanitarian cause.