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Red Cross Flag carried by Theresa Ericksen to the Philippines during the Spanish–American War and to France during World War I.
Red Cross Motor Service car providing relief efforts after the October fires of 1918.
Red Cross Auxiliary providing transportation to soldiers, c.1918.
Red Cross Motor Corps truck, St. Paul, 1918.
A Red Cross nurse, and likely Motor Corps officer, 1918. The car has the Red Cross symbol on the hood and was likely part of the Minnesota Motor Corps.
Members of the Red Cross Volunteer Motor Service, 1918.
Red Cross worker Julia Gray, ca. 1919.
Group photograph taken outside a Red Cross hut by Red Cross worker Julia Gray, 1919.
Red Cross workers making bandages, c.1916.
Evelyn Lightner (at left) and Red Cross workers distributing food, c.1918.