Edith Holliday photographs, 1918-1924.

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Edith Holliday photographs, 1918-1924.

Photographs of Edith Holliday, who served with the American Red Cross in France during World War I, between April 1918 and April 1919. Most of the photographs are of Edith and her Red Cross unit and of her son, Harold H. Hovey, who served with the military during the war, among other subjects. The photographers are unknown. Includes one postcard.

5 photographs and 1 postcard in 1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784793

Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Holliday, Edith.

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Holliday, Harold H.

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