Americans Abroad Participants in Germany, July 1954
This photograph features the arrival of 28 AFS Americans Abroad Summer Program Participants in Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany in July 1954. Although…
Archival Spotlight
highlighting exciting and unique items from the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
A. Piatt Andrew and Red Roof, 1910
This photograph features A. Piatt Andrew at his home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, before World War I began. Prior to founding…
Thousands of Islands, 1958
The AFS program in Indonesia started in 1956 when Wartomo Dwijoyuwono, together with Mohammad Diponegoro and Ibrahim Kadir were invited…
Gas Masks, 1917
The American Field Service (AFS) ambulance and camion drivers were non-combatants in World War I, since their primary tasks involved…
Down the Aisle, 1993
AFS Returnee Nanci Leitch (USA to ESP, 1976-1977), is escorted to the chapel by her host father Vicente Saitua (left)…
Letter Illustration, 1944
World War II Driver James Henry Brewster volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service (AFS) between 1943…
Christmas Eve, 1917
Many of the 2,500 ambulance and camion drivers who served with the American Field Service (AFS) during World War I…
Jordanian Cultural Exchange, 1982
International Education Week (IEW) begins on November 12, 2013. IEW is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State…
Teddy the Goat, 1917
The AFS Drivers from the First World War enjoyed each other’s companionship in between the difficult and often dismal hours…
