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Volunteers at Red Cross Regional Blood Center

Date: 06 14 1951
Description: Volunteer nurses Mrs. J.W. Brown and Mrs. R.H. Olsen work at the year-old Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Madison.
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1951-52 United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Representing the Visiting Nurses Service is Mrs. Anna Forbis, 6112 Wingra Street. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are involved in a house-to-house...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Mayor and Mrs. George and Frances Forster prepare to donate blood as volunteer Grey Lady Mrs. Margory Colvin (left) looks on.
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: City Attorney Harold E. Hanson has his blood pressure taken by Mary Clancy, Red Cross blood center staff nurse.
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Alderman Lyle R. Andrews, 7th ward, donates blood while lying on a gurney as Red Cross staff nurse Marge Schmitz looks on. Two nurses and other donors can ...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its services during wartime. Their blood bank program is considered one of the most out...
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Red Cross Social Welfare Aids

Date: 03 13 1952
Description: Twelve members of the first class of social welfare aids to the Red Cross home service are shown with their class certificates and pins authorizing them to...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 06 1953
Description: Three volunteers for the American Red Cross, Dane County branch, take a break at the snack bar. Shown left to right are: Mrs. T.H. (Mary) Ellison, Mrs. B.L...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: Volunteer workers of the American Red Cross, Dane County branch, assist with the routine of the blood donor program. In the foreground, Mrs. A.W. (Irene) P...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: Volunteer workers of the American Red Cross are given special recognition. Four of the "faithful" ones are shown. Left to right are: Mrs. Herman (Mildred) ...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: The Gray Ladies (volunteers) of the Red Cross do shopping as part of their hospital duties. Mrs. Tracy W. (Anne) Allen is shown in her car, returning from ...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 06 07 1953
Description: Mrs. Albert H. (Kath) Mayer works as one of the Gray Ladies (volunteers) of the Red Cross and pours a mold in the ceramics room in the occupational therapy...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: Five of the Red Cross Gray Ladies (volunteers) who work consistently at the Mendota State Hospital are shown seated around a table. Left to right, they are...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
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Red Cross Gray Lady Leaders

Date: 10 23 1953
Description: Charlotte Kohler, chairman of Red Cross service groups, welcomes a new Gray Lady chairman, Locine O'Keefe (third from left). Iona Hein, second from left, i...
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Madison General Hospital Blood Drive

Date: 11 22 1953
Description: Myrna Brindley offers doughnuts to Madison General Hospital employees and staff blood donors Jane Watson and Richard Zellinski. The American Red Cross bloo...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown and their three children. Russell, right, is still fighting the effects of his paralysis from polio; he pins a Mother...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Leaders of the Red Cross Gray Ladies confer. They are, from left: Gladys Erickson, who is taking over as Gray Ladies at the Veterans Hospital; Deborah Sher...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three members of the Ladies auxiliary sitting together while talking. They are Leatha Fuller, a department commander of the auxiliary, Mrs. Herb Pommerenin...
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Shorewood Hills Community League Officers

Date: 05 04 1954
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the Shorewood Hills Community League. They are, from left: Mrs. Lee Baron, president; Mrs. Leslie Holt, treasurer; Mr...

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