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Soldiers Exchange Gifts in Front of a Christmas Tree

Date: 1914
Description: German reservists maintain a semblance of home while at war as they exchange gifts in front of a Christmas tree.
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Soldier at Christmas in Hospital

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital.
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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
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Christmas in New Guinea

Date: 01 03 1943
Description: Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package.
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East Prussian Refugee Christmas Celebration

Date: 1914
Description: Christmas present distribution for East Prussian refugees in Berlin. The Christmas present event was organized by Countess Mirbach and held in the new Phil...
Manuscript

Christmas Day

Date: 1917
Description: A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ...
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Women with Armed Forces Christmas Gifts

Date: 1943
Description: Two women stand behind a display showing International Harvester's Christmas gifts for it's male and female employees in the armed forces. The women's gift...
Poster

For Liberty and Peace on Earth - Buy War Bonds

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 51, "Liberty Bell." The poster features the Liberty Bell ringing against a backdrop of holly and other Christmas decorations. On the ri...
Poster

Red Cross Christmas roll call December 16th to 23rd

Date: 1918
Description: Poster showing a figure of Columbia holding a pen and adorned with a flag and sword, and a Red Cross nurse with a scroll, inscribed "Where Columbia sets he...
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International Harvester Christmas Box Contents

Date: 1918
Description: Display board of samples of items sent to "Harvester men at military camps" for Christmas. The display includes a toothbrush and toothpaste, a candy bar, t...
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Children With Christmas Presents

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: Roger and Mary Sue Mallory, in front of a Christmas Tree, playing with toys their father Lieut. Col. Robert Mallory, stationed in France, sent to them. Rog...
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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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Packing Red Cross Christmas Boxes

Date: 09 09 1944
Description: Lois Wiessinger, Michael Mack, and Harold Stone, state employees, filled 21,600 Christmas packages to be sent by the American Red Cross to hospitalized ser...
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International Harvester "Christmas Box" Contents

Date: 1917
Description: Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha...
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Naval Training School, Division #41, Trainees

Date: 12 22 1944
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #41, trainees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Christmas tree in the foreground.
Poster

Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a Red Cross nurse with a blue and red coat over her shoulders. She is extending her hand, as soldiers are marching in the background with ...
Photograph

World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Three women buying war bonds at Manchester's Department Store while two clerks ring up the sale. The three women are all wearing fur coats, as it is a spec...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Four Junior Red Cross members with Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments and recreations hall decorations made for military units and hosp...
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Packing Christmas Boxes for Soldiers

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Elevated view of a large group of state employees are standing at long tables laden with items to be packed into Red Cross Christmas boxes for soldiers. Th...
Print

Christmas Greetings to You in Red Cross Service

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a nurse in uniform peering through a wreath she is holding. The card has a thin red border. The text below reads: "Christmas Greetings to...

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