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American Red Cross Stark County Regional Chapter 525 Market Ave North Canton OH 44702 330.453.0146, 1.866.994.2720 |
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Gayle Kuhn makes a cheerful check of a serviceman's blindfold during an informal program staged by the Red Cross Firebase Jamie, Vietnam, 1970. 
Volunteer Gayle Andrews rocks a child from St. Michael's Day Nursery. Wilmington, DE.,1969.
Dazed survivors of the collision with the motorship Stockholm recount their tale of the hectic minutes before they climbed into lifeboats to escape the damaged Andrea Doria. 1956.
Armed with his guitar, a United Nations soldier arrives at Freedom Village during the POW exchange, "Big Switch", and is greeted by an American Red Cross Field Director Panmunjom, Korea, 1953. Photographer: Unknown. 
Dr. Charles R. Drew, medical director of the first American Red Cross blood bank. Washington, D.C., 1947.
At the Am Himmel orphanage,Werfel beams with joy at his gift. Austria, 1946.
France 1945 When it comes to music, these ingenious Yankee Army engineers can dream up anything. Here they are, "mushing off" with a weird collection of junkyard jumble, to entertain wardfuls of wounded frontline soldiers convalescing at a hospital before their return to duty.
Marscilles, France June 1945 Two little French girls in their first communion dresses are met by interested GIs in front of an American Red Cross clubmobile in Marseilles, France. Throughout France, the children dressed in these white clothes are a familiar sight as they attend the first communion services held at Catholic churches.
France February 1945 American Red Cross clubmobile girls often carry their coffee, doughnuts, cigarettes and chewing gum for many miles over roads too rough for regular clubmobile travel. They use trucks to reach isolated spots such as this remote French farm-house being used as billets for a trucking company. 
Bremerhaven, Germany August 1945 Posting signs to announce the opening of a new American Red Cross clubmobile in Bremenhaven, Germany. Photographer: Ollie Atkins 
Germany March 1945 Doughnuts and coffee from the Old Glory clubmobile.
SAF (Port of Embarkation) New York, NY May 1945 Greeting a shipload of returning veterans from the European theater is an American Red Cross clubmobile worker.
New York, NY May 1945 An American soldier steals a kiss from a surprised Red Cross Motor Corps volunteer on a New York City pier, following his arrival from Europe in May 1945. 
Red Cross societies increase the shipment of packages for prisoners of war. Switzerland, 1945.
Tacoma, Washington December, 1945 "Been some years since I tasted stuff like this -- It's wonderful! -- " say the boys just back from overseas duty as the American Red Cross meets them at the docks with rack after rack of milk.
SAF (ARC Hospital Train) Paris, France November 1944 In one of the large railway stations, American wounded are transported from the front on long hospital trains to base section hospitals. The American Red is on duty to serve the men hot coffee and doughnuts from a little wagon which supplies the waiting ambulances and steam-hissing trains.
France--WorldWar II October 1944
A Red Cross Gray Lady helps make a recording for home. Missouri, 1944.
Red Cross volunteers serve refreshments to WWII soldiers. Italy, 1944.
Normandy, June 1944 American Red Cross girls on dock and GIs on Liberty Ship about to leave English port for Normandy.
Sports day at a prisoner-of-war camp for Allied airmen. Germany, 1943. Photographer: Unknown. 
In his White House Study, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the proclamation naming March the official Red Cross Month. (Left to Right): Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, National Director of the Red Cross Volunteer Social Services; Roosevelt; Norman Davis, American Red Cross Chairman, and Walter Gifford, of the War Fund Campaign. The goal of the 1943 War Fund Drive was $125,000,000.
A medical soldier administers Red Cross blood plasma to a wounded serviceman. Sicily, 1943. 
A Red Cross hospital worker scrapes thick mud from her shoes. Italy, 1943.
Black leaders meet at Red Cross headquarters at the height of WWII. Washington, D.C., 1942. 
All in a day's work for this Public Health nurse. Pennsylvania, 1942.
A Red Cross Public Health nurse greets her patient. West Virginia, 1934.
The American Red Cross provided food, clothing, and seeds to the hundreds of victims of the great drought. Arkansas, 1930.
Junior Red Crossers help make the holidays happier for the less fortunate. New Jersey, 1930. 
St. Louis Motor Corps volunteers help during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Missouri, 1918.
Wilbert E. Longfellow, founder of the Red Cross Water Safety Programs. Unspecified Location.
Junior Red Crossers demonstrate their patriotism in Weatherford. Texas, 1917. Photographer: Weatherford, Texas Democrat. 
Jane Delano, first chairperson of the American Red Cross Nursing Services. Washington, D.C., 1909.
American Red Cross nurses sail for Cuba during the Spanish American War. Sailing for Cuba, 1898.
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Washington, D.C., 1866.
Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross Society in 1863. Switzerland, 1864.
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