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American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - England - English women whose husbands are fighting in France work for the American Red Cross at the Surgical Dressings Workrooms in London. One of the earliest forms of war activity undertaken by the Red Cross was the manufacture of surgical dressings and other hospital requirements. From modest beginnings this work has increased until it now employs more than 2000 workers in thirty branches throughout Great Britian

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - England - Women's Red Cross Activities in London. The American Red Cross workrooms, where surgical dressings and hospital garments are manufactured. The monthly output of these workshops is now about 500,000 articles

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes) - Women knit for Red Cross. Red Cross workers turning out hand-made and machine-made garments for our soldiers

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes) - Surgical dressings class. Women learning how to make surgical dressings for the Red Cross in Cleveland, Ohio

American Red Cross - Uniforms - This is the nurses' uniform that wounded soldiers know best - the gray cotton crepe working uniform of the Red Cross Army and Navy Nurse, which makes its wearer "the best dressed woman in the world". Gray is an innovation used abroad made necessary by the laundry problem in France. The Red Cross brassard is worn only by nurses serving directly under the Red Cross

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - New York women sew hospital garments for Red Cross. Over a thousand women volunteers are at work at the big factory for the manufacture of hospital garments for the Red Cross in New York. It is planned to get 11,000 women to pledge their support and devote three hours a week to the work. Photo shows a general view of one of the workrooms. International Film Service

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes) - Members of the fire department of Cincinnati, Ohio, making sweaters, socks, and mufflers for soldiers in France. Photo shows women members of the American Red Cross teaching firemen the art of knitting for the soldiers

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - France - American Red Cross Dispensary France. American Red Cross practical course in dressing simple wounds taught to the young women in Levallois, who are employed in the factories

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes) - Red Cross workers at La Crosse, Wisconsin. This is the original class of Red Cross workers, at this time they had no uniforms which they later wore to work

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes) - Red Cross women stop bandage making to make garments for needy. This photograph shows the surgical dressing unit of the Red Cross which has been ordered to give up work on bandages and who are now making garments for the French and Belgian who are in need of clothing

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American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work (workrooms and classes)

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1917 - 1918
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classes work workrooms women bandage garments unit french belgian world war 1914 1918 wwi ww 1 american red cross belgium high resolution ultra high resolution cross work cross women western newspaper union american historic photographs us national archives