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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Red Cross Nurses' Aide and Baby

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Mable Sawtelle, a Red Cross nurses' aide, tends to baby Sara in a crib with doll. Poster on wall reads: "Rollier demonstrated the value of heliotherapy in ...
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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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Children at Junior Red Cross Picnic

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Children in line at the canteen at the Junior Red Cross picnic.
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Red Cross Liaison Agent Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels, a Red Cross liaison agent who works with servicemen and their families, is shown with Mrs. Elvin (Edna) Olson, whose husband,...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Children leaving the truck hired by the Red Cross Chapter of Mt. Horeb to drive them to a swimming class at the Bluemounds pool.
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 1946
Description: Lapham School students with gift boxes prepared by Junior Red Cross members to be sent to boys and girls overseas. Shown with teacher Gladys Halvorsen are,...
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The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in time of peacetime disaster is one of its least publicized services. Pictured are Mrs. Dale (Rose) Gibbs, one of the victims of...
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Red Cross Blood Donors

Date: 03 14 1952
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson, blood donors, and children, Mike, left and Sharon, right, at the Red Cross blood bank.
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Algerian Women and Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian women and children gather at the Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. They are dressed in patterned fabric and are sitting on the ground.
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Algerian Women in Tent

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian women receiving treatment in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. One woman is nursing a baby. Another woman is standing while examining an...
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Red Crescent Worker with Child

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker spooning medicine into a young child's mouth. The child's head is half shaven. Behind them are two women, a yo...
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Boy in Red Crescent Tent

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian boy and girl waiting side-by-side in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. Beside the boy are a pair of sandals. The girl is wearing...
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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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Junior Red Cross Gift Boxes to Greece

Date: 03 22 1957
Description: Danny Liarakos and Rev. Constantine Mager, priest of the new Greek Orthodox congregation, sitting at a table while reading letters. Four children are liste...
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Nakoma Bloodmobile Poster

Date: 10 14 1957
Description: Mildred Slauson, left, admires one of the Cherokee Heights school art class posters advertising the Nakoma bloodmobile. Holding the poster are students Kat...

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