Departure of JASON: Mrs. Chas. Saltzman, Mrs. Lawton, Major Lawton, C.O. Laughlin, Mrs. L. Wood, Mrs. W. Draper, G. McAneny, G.R. Adamson, Lt. Com. C.E. Courtney
Summary
Photograph shows the departure of the U.S.S. Jason which sailed from New York on November 14, 1914 carrying about 6 million gifts for the children of Europe who were affected by World War I. People depicted include: Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife of the Commander of the Army of the East; Mrs. W.K. Draper (Helen Fidelia Draper), head of the New York Chapter of the Red Cross; George McAneny, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen; John Callan O'Laughlin, journalist for the Chicago Herald and "American Commissioner" on the voyage and Mrs. (Major) Charles McKinley Saltzman (Mary Eskridge Saltzman). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
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Date
01/01/1914
Contributors
Bain News Service, publisher
Source
Library of Congress
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