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A Canadian Red Cross fundraising card, ca. 1916

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
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    Post Card
    Reproduced is an oil painting by a well-known Canadian artist of a Red Cross Worker. The "Blue Smock" is the symbol of service of thousands of Canadian women who knit, sew, make surgical dressings, and hospital supplies, pack Prisoner of War parcels and serve in many other ways our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and suffering humanity throughout the world.
    The entire proceeds from the sale of this post card go to the Canadian Red Cross

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