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TitleThe Wealth of Montenegro. Montenegro's wealth is reckoned by livestock not by money. Money today in the Balkans is relatively worthless. The sturdy peasantry has gone back to ancient days merchandising, trading sheep for a suit of clothes or a goat for a sack of flour. This picture was taken on the "wealthiest" farm, owned by a Montenegrin who spent six years working in the Colorado mines. When American Red Cross workers sent through the district distributing relief supplies he was one of the few who offered aid instead of asking for it. Incidentally he had a Red Cross memebership card. His little flock was saved from the enemy during the war on account of the inaccessible location of the owner's home, which is in a remote mountain valley, a natural fortressNotePhysical details: glass Applies To: Applies To: all Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.Group title: Industries, Montenegro.On caption card: (1/1905)Used in: T.T. & C. March 4, 1920.General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available atCould not render: bf:electronicLocatorDimensions5 x 7 in.Extent1 negativeUsage And Access PolicyNo known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection,"Could not render: bf:electronicLocatorAcquisition SourceDLC Stock Number:LC-DIG-anrc-05645 (digital file from original)