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Refugees after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Refugees at a Red Cross aid station in Hue shortly after the Tet offensive left much of the city in ruins. This scene was witnessed by American journalist ...
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Monona Grove Red Cross Bloodmobile Co-Chairman with Two Babies

Date: 02 19 1960
Description: Beth Gehrke, R.N., Monona village's co-chairman for the Monona Grove Red Cross Bloodmobile, is shown holding and gazing upon two three month old babies. Th...
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Nakoma School Bloodmobile Project

Date: 10 20 1960
Description: Nakoma School plans to host a Bloodmobile drive. Shown standing, from left to right, are: Mrs. Gerald Kring, Midvale Baptist Church blood drive chairman; R...
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Blood Recipient and Educator, Sophie Merritt

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Sophie Merritt, right, history educator at the Armed Forces Institute and a half gallon blood recipient, shows Cherokee Heights Red Cross Bloodmobile Chair...
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Red Cross 10 Year Service Award

Date: 04 17 1961
Description: Truax Field's Red Cross recognition tea featured a ten-year service pin given to Margaret Hoffman. Shown left to right: Col. Olin E. Gilbert, Truax Field ...
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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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Red Cross Volunteers

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Three volunteer staff aides working at a Red Cross Bloodmobile. The women are dressed in Red Cross uniforms and caps and include, left to right: Mrs. James...
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Red Cross Volunteers

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Two volunteers dressed in Red Cross uniforms and caps working with records of 22,000 blood donors. The women are Alma Wiese (left) and Violet Hughes.
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Red Cross Volunteers Fill Rosemaled Box

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Two teen girls examining the contents of large rosemaled (painted decorations) wooden box. The original caption states: "Norwegian rosemaling on a American...
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Two Generation Blood Donors

Date: 03 04 1964
Description: Harry L. Hamilton and his son Harry Jr. pose with five large glass jars that symbolize the five gallons of blood they have donated to the Dane County Red C...
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Student Has Radical Brain Surgery

Date: 09 23 1964
Description: Mark Newman is shown sitting behind a stack of books as he returns to La Follette High School three weeks after radical surgery for a brain tumor. Behind h...
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New Plastic Blood Transfusion Bags

Date: 12 30 1964
Description: Technician Gail Stelzer checking shelves filled with new plastic blood transfusion bags at the Madison Chapter of Badger Red Cross, which recently converte...
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Margueite Judd Honored as Red Cross Volunteer

Date: 10 06 1965
Description: Marguerite Judd is shown opening a gift package at an informal retirement party honoring her 10 year service as a Red Cross volunteer at the Wisconsin Diag...
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Plaque Dedicated at New Madison Red Cross Center

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Two plaques, one listing the 700 names of donors who contributed to the building of the new Madison Red Cross Center, Dane County Chapter of the American N...
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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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Government Workers Blood Drive

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Red Cross Nurse Janis Clothier is shown at right holding a container. With her are four building inspectors during a Red Cross blood drive for government w...

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