Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1950.111.0008Description
Photo of the Hanna Branch of the Red Cross during WWI, 1917. Mrs. S. D. Briggs was chairman of the sewing department. 2nd row from bottom: Mrs. Otto Fredrick, Chairman of the Red Cross. One copy.
Update 2009: Black and white print. Printed on postcard paper. Image of a large group women in white uniforms with habit like headwear standing in five rows on the steps of a clapboard building. Women in second row from front wearing dark headwear, all other white. American flag on pole at center of back row.
Written on original negative along bottom: "Hanna Branch Carbon County Red Cross." "Photo by F.T. Nakaco, Hanna, WYO. "
Written in blue ink on emulsion surface: [Top left margin] "1917 year" [center lower margin] "1-1917 year" [2nd row from front] [woman at left marked with 'x'] [4th woman from left marked with 'x']
Written on back:[black ink] "Mrs. S. D. Briggs-Chairman of Serving Red Cross. Mrs. Fredrick (Otto) Chairman of Red Cross." "1917" [in pencil] "Hanna Wy 1917" [blue ink]"Hanna, Wyo."
Printed on back in black ink: "Post Card" "Correspondence Here" "Name and Address Here" [square with sides made form "AZO" and triangles in corner around] "Place Stamp Here".
Yellowed adhesive residue over much of back surface. Emulsion surface scuffed and scraped and soiled. Cracked through center and right side. Paper wrinkles. Slight corner damage.
One 3 1/2 x 5 black and white copy print. Dark.
Update February 2011: One black & white scan copy.
Typed on bottom: "Hanna Branch Carbon County Red Cross, 1917, Mrs. S. D. Briggs, Chairman of Serving Red Cross, Mrs. Fredrick (Otto),Chairman of Red Cross"
Good condition. Size 4 x 5 1/2"Collection
Photograph Collection