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Community Chest Workers
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Four women preparing to conduct the annual Community Chest "Red Feather" campaign. The woman in houndstooth check hat and suit is Mrs. William (Catherine) Reck, 1 East Gilman Street, chairman of Ward 11.
October 12, 1946
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Gertrude Adams (right), chairman of the women's division of the Community Chest campaign, confers with her associate chairman, Mary Lobb, about final plans for the house-to-house solicitation.
