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Red Cross Activities
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Red Cross nurse instructor, Dorothy Wylde, at right, teaches proper contents of a home medicine chest to Marjorie Hagan, left, and Dorothy Currere, students in the Red Cross home nursing class.
March 5, 1951
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Red Cross Blood Drive
December 9, 1951
City Attorney Harold E. Hanson has his blood pressure taken by Mary Clancy, Red Cross blood center staff nurse.
Red Cross Blood Drive
December 9, 1951
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 be seen in the background.
Volunteers at Red Cross Regional Blood Center
June 14, 1951
Volunteer nurses Mrs. J.W. Brown and Mrs. R.H. Olsen work at the year-old Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Madison.
Madison General Hospital Auxiliary
January 2, 1951
Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer workers, Dorothy (Robert W.) Wylde, left, and Margaret (Eldon B.) Russell, deliver plants to hospital patients.
Red Cross Blood Drive
July 1, 1957
George Gill gives a pint of blood for the Red Cross as his mother, Florence, and brother, James, look on. The Red Cross nurse is Valdine Prentice.
University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive
March 12, 1956
Ruth C. Adams, center, professor of Wisconsin School of Nursing and Red Cross instructor for the Home Care of the Sick program, is shown with two student nurses who portray a caregiver and patient....
