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Louis Hirsig

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Louis Hirsig, chairman of the Red Cross campaign for Madison.
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Youth Charity Workers

Date: 03 21 1944
Description: Four-year-olds Mary Ellen McCreary and Sharon Ann Lee held a drive to benefit the Red Cross to provide candy, gum, cigarettes, donuts, and coffee for soldi...
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Arthur Towell

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Arthur Towell, chairman of Dane County 1945 Red Cross war fund campaign. Mr. Towell heads the Arthur Towell Incorporated Advertising Agency.
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Ruth Nelson and Red Cross Display

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Ruth Nelson, Red Cross motor corps volunteer, and the Red Cross display in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Display features contents of the prisoner-o...
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Red Cross Officials

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: Red Cross officials gather at the annual meeting of the Dane County Red Cross chapter. Sitting left to right, they are: Herman Loftsgordon, Dane County Cha...
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Madison Junior Red Cross Members

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Five members of the Madison Junior Red Cross who will be attending the state youth rally confer with the invitations committee chairman, Geraldine Krawzak,...
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Clara Barton

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Clara Harlowe Barton. On April 20, 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), she established an...
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Edgar A. Spees

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Portrait of Edgar A. Spees, new Director of Dane County Red Cross, sitting at a desk.
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Mamie (Arms) Hall with Red Cross Badge

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Description: Mamie Arms Hall, mother of Lewis Arms, holds up her red cross badge which shows she has a son at war. These badges were usually displayed on a door or in a...
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Blood Donor

Date: 09 04 1953
Description: Angeline Stacey of Detroit, Michigan poses with 28 pint containers at the Badger Regional Blood Center. They represent a portion of blood she has donated s...
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Red Cross Blood Recipient

Date: 01 29 1954
Description: Portrait of Phillip Drotning, executive secretary to Governor Walter J. Kohler, and surviving recipient of 30 pints of blood from the Red Cross during surg...
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Red Cross Blood Recipient

Date: 02 14 1954
Description: Dorothy Braith stands by her husband Norman's iceboat. She was the recipient of ten pints of blood during surgery. She plans to do what she can to help the...
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Red Cross Blood Recipient

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Dean Morfey, 12-years-old, is a surviving recipient of 15 pints of blood from the Red Cross during surgery. Morfey's leg was amputated after an accident.
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Red Cross Blood Recipient

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Rose Karney, crocheting, has an anemic condition which requires frequent blood transfusions.
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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 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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Red Crescent Worker

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker poses for a photograph while gathering supplies for tending to wounds. He wears a Red Crescent arm b...
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Man in a Suit Standing on a Stoop

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Description: Portrait of Ollie Bordson standing on the stoop of a house. He is wearing a double breasted, belted coat over a suit. In the window to the left is a Red Cr...
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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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Four Grey Ladies

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: Four women wearing Red Cross Gray Lady uniforms, including nurse caps with Red Cross insignia, sit at a table and plan a united meeting of the four units o...

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