Letters and photographs from the battle country, 1918-1919.

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Letters and photographs from the battle country, 1918-1919.

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Typescript narrative compiled from letters and a few diary passages written by Margaret Hall while she was a member of the American Red Cross in France during World War I. The narrative, heavily illustrated with photographs taken by Hall, dates from 23 Aug. 1918 - 19 Aug. 1919 and describes her service at the Canteen of the Two Flags in Chalons-sur-Marne and briefly at a canteen adjoining an emergency hospital in Ecury. The narrative continues after the war and describes her continued work in the canteen for soldiers and former prisoners-of-war, her travels in France noting, and photographing, the extensive destruction and ruin following the war, and reactions to peace.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Hall, Margaret

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