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Car full of Red Cross nurses, Ellsworth, Wisconsin

• 1917 (creation)

1 photograph : print, sepia toned ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Real-photo postcard with an image of nine Red Cross volunteers in an open automobile draped with fabric and flags as if for a parade, with three soldiers dressed in World War I uniforms, in front of the Pierce County Courthouse in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Date from postmark: 31 Aug 1917; mailed in Ellsworth Wisconsin; stamp has been removed. Printed on NOKO paper (this stamp box design used 1907-1920s). Message: Addressed to Mrs. Ed. Dahle, R.F.D. I, Kasson Minn. "Dear H: Say Pa wants to know if you can spare 5 lb. of smear and send it up with the boys when they come eh? How's the 'floater'? I'm going to send you some cute pictures next week. Yours as B4, H.C.L."

This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

Cataloged by kdo, 04/01/2016

Purchased March 29, 2016, on eBay from Ostlie Archives, Decorah IA

[Wisconsin] : [Privately printed?], 1917.

• American Red Cross -- 1910-1920 Automobiles -- 1910-1920 Military uniforms -- American -- 1910-1920 Outdoor photography -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth --1910-1920 Parades & processions -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth --1910-1920 Soldiers -- American -- 1910-1920 Uniforms -- American Red Cross --1910-1920 World War, 1914-1918 -- Wisconsin -- Pierce County

• Ellsworth (Wis.) Pierce County (Wis.)