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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities
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Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a young patient at the Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital, 435 Randall Avenue, under the supervision of Margaret Kennedy.
August 15, 1945
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities
August 15, 1945
Four Junior Red Cross members with Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments and recreations hall decorations made for military units and hosptials overseas. On the extreme right is v...
Junior Red Cross War Related Activities
August 15, 1945
Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units and hospitals overseas. Mrs. Ernest Ander...
Junior Red Cross Leadership Training
September 25, 1949
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Junior Red Cross Workers
July 29, 1945
Eight Junior Red Cross young children (Mary Schaaf, Josephine Federicks, Nancy Fowlkes, Maralyn Savage, Bonnie Anderson, Peggy Huiskamp, Ruth Mary Noland, Marianne Havey) are making Christmas cards...
Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group
June 7, 1945
Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field. Seated at the piano is Sgt. Howard Olson,...
Gifts for Mendota State Hospital Patients
December 11, 1958
Elizabeth Kurtenacker, left, and Red Cross Gray Lady Ruth Hicks are next to a table with a pile of wrapped gifts. The women were taking part in a project in which members of 30 Dane County organiza...
