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Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.160, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Red Cross Emergency Canteen
Gift of Nora Oakes Howard, 2017.41.160, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Red Cross Emergency Canteen

DateDecember 1943
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (25.1 × 20.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nora Oakes Howard
DescriptionBlack and white group photograph of an American Red Cross unit at an Emergency Canteen Center, New York City, 1943. Elinor Righter stands in the back row, sixth from the right.
Object number2017.41.160
MarkingsEmbossed on front: "Natural/ 1078 LEXINGTON AVE./ NEW YORK"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back:

"Back Row L-R./ Coleer/ Nebborq/ Barrett/ Vorhaus/ Lockwood/ Romaine/ Holu/ Talcott/ Righter/ Burlingham/ Saunders/ Bronstem/ Sonnenburg/ Schwartz"

"Front Row L-R/ Head/ Lyman/ Radloff/ Gifford/ Capt. Coleman/ Blau/ Pyne/ Tayla (Lippicott)/ Quayle"

"2nd Row/ Squier/ Louie"

"December 1943/ Emergency Canteen/ New York City/ Red Cross"
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