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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross teaching jewelry-making to a group of patients at the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Gray Ladies, shown at...
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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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Pacific Athletic Club Director

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, director of the Red Cross's Pacific Athletic Club, posing for a picture by the shore in Tinian at the site of the new Red Cross Club. Kelly is...
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Algerian Women in Tent

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian women receiving treatment in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. One woman is nursing a baby. Another woman is standing while examining an...
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Red Crescent Worker Examines Patient

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) examining a young girl's teeth. The girl is wearing a patterned shawl and is reaching for the man's hat. Th...
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Red Crescent Woman

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker is standing in the Red Crescent tent with a tube of medicine in her hands. She is wearing a flowered dress and...
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Algerian Child Wearing Chapelle's Eyeglasses

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian girl in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. A man is holding Dickey Chapelle's glasses up to the girl's face. She is wearing a patterne...
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 12 29 1954
Description: Portrait of Ida. M. Huff, leader of a drive to recruit donors for a Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma School.
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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American Red Cross

Date: 02 24 1956
Description: Four women are attending an organizational meeting of the Maple Bluff unit of the American Red Cross. Right to left: Elizabeth Mandeville, campaign chairma...
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Dane County Red Cross Chapter 50th Anniversary

Date: 05 12 1959
Description: Among the attendees at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Dane County chapter of the American Red Cross are, left to right, Edward L. and Theodora Diener,...
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Ethel Parker Wins Award

Date: 04 30 1961
Description: Ethel Parker, center, holds the Writer's Cup which she was awarded for outstanding work in communications at the annual Ladies of the Press breakfast. Ethe...
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The Queen of Belgium Appealed to the Red Cross to Aid in Saving the Children

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman and two children standing together. The woman is wearing a Red Cross hat. There Red Cross insignia is in the up...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnositc Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Discussing volunteer recruitment and assignments at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center at 1552 University Avenue are Mrs. J.O. Wilson (left, Verona), a co-ord...
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Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Preparing letters to high school students congratulating them on their 18th birthday and inviting them to join the Junior Red Cross "18 Club" of blood dono...
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Madison Red Cross Volunteer Training

Date: 11 10 1960
Description: Dorothy Schar, chairman of volunteers for Madison Red Cross, holds up diplomas to be awarded after two months of training to be social welfare aides in the...

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