Topeka, Kansas Tornado

Photograph of broken glass reflecting the downtown of Topeka, KS.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Topeka Capital Journal
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Volunteers Production Services

Photograph of Mrs. W.D. Goggs and Mrs. Reba Anderson Mays, co-chairs of the Production Services. They are sorting and mending clothing for the Crippled Children's Hospital.
Date: 1960~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bath Time for a Baby

Photograph of two Red Cross worker bathing a baby.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

June Campaign

Photograph of three women surveying an Oklahoma City map before the beginning of the Red Cross June campaign. They are (L-R): M. Jacks, Chris Anthony and Adrian Whitlock.
Date: 1960~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

SS African Pilot

Photograph of the Mercy Ship, the veteran freighter SS African Pilot. The ship was lent for movement of supplies for Cuba to the Red Cross by the Committee of American Steamship Lines. The ship is at its moorings awaiting loading. When it completes it mercy mission, the vessel is scheduled for retirement.
Date: December 22, 1962
Creator: Shere, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Cross Youth

Photograph of James Dunn, a member of the 13 state Midwestern Area Red Cross Youth Council, explains the viewpoint of youth to Dr. Gerald Holstine, Washington, D.C., National Director of Red Cross Youth. Dunn, along with 17 other members of the Youth Council, recently spent several days in St. Louis working with Red Cross regional and area management in planning activities for the year.
Date: March 14, 1967
Creator: Palmer
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hungry Child

Photograph of an unidentified hungry child who has been given Red Cross food.
Date: 1960/1969~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hurricane Beulah Disaster

Photograph of Don Gray, business manager for the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union, Locale 823 of Harlingen, TX, accompanying John England (wearing hat) chairman of the west Cameron County Chapter Red Cross observing Red Cross feeding operations at an Army mobile kitchen. The Red Cross provided hot meals for as many at 10,000 persons daily. Much of the food and other necessary commodities were delivered by volunteer union workers in the Rio Grande Valley.
Date: September 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

50th Anniversary of the Oklahoma County Chapter

Photograph of receipt a Certificate of Appreciation to the Oklahoma Chapter of the American National Red Cross on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary of Humanitarian Service. Issuing the certificate is James Collins of the American Red Cross and the Oklahoma Chapter's unidentified representative. On the photograph is written "Best wishes to the Oklahoma County Red Cross Chapter, James Collins."
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Veterans Hospital Red Cross

Photograph of an unidentified Red Cross volunteer and patient looking over books in her book cart at a Veterans Hospital.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

50th Anniversary of the Oklahoma County Chapter

Photograph of the dais at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Oklahoma County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Christmas Messages

Photograph of the Federal Aviation Agency and the Red Cross assisting in recording Christmas messages to families at home by soldiers, airmen and sailors. The Red Cross workers are (L-R): Mrs. Robert D. Johnston and Mrs. S.S. Lindsey.
Date: November 26, 1963
Creator: FAA
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Disaster Nursing Workshop

Photograph of various exhibits and demonstrating different types of medical situations and how to handle them by this Disaster Nursing workshop of Red Cross instruction.
Date: April 29, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Helping Children

Photograph of an unidentified child in a hospital with toys around him playing with a Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. Quest.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Military Hospitals Aid

Photograph of an unidentified Red Cross volunteer and an unidentified patient, filling out a form.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Military Hospitals Aid

Photograph of two unidentified women, one of which is clothed in her Red Cross checking a map while two unidentified men are either loading or unloading a moving van.
Date: 1965~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Helping Children

Photograph of an unidentified Red Cross volunteer playing dolls with an unidentified little girl with a leg injury.
Date: January 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Award Ceremony

Photograph of Mrs. S. Vargas receiving a nursing hat from an unidentified Red Cross leader.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Military Hospitals Aid

Photograph of Mrs. Clarence Dufresne comforts Vickilee Ferguson, during a treatment. The 7 year old daughter, Vickilee Ferguson of Major Victor Ferguson. Looking on is Mrs. Sara M. Welch, a nurse's aid at the US Air Force Hospital at Maxwell Field, AL.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Disaster Aid

Photograph of Tommy Wolf, a tornado victim, is helped getting a drink of water from Mrs. Anne Westenbrook in a local Michigan hospital. The UNIDENTIFED woman holding onto the bed rails is most probably the boy's mother.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Helping the Elderly

Photograph of an unidentified patient and Red Cross volunteer looking over a Red Cross gift of toiletries.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red Cross Schedules

Photograph of two unidentified Red Cross volunteers looking at the roster of "Recreation Volunteers Activity Schedule."
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hospital Aid

Photograph of six women in a woman's ward at Fort Sam Houston Hospital. The Red Cross volunteer is in her uniform beside the first bed on the right. The person next to her is UNIDENTIFIED. The tree women are (L-R): Mrs. Etta Volta, Mrs. Frances Davidson and Mrs. Eva Greene
Date: October 5, 1962
Creator: Garrett, Thomas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Disaster Assistance

Photograph of an unidentified Red Cross volunteer helping a disaster victim with paperwork assistance.
Date: 1969~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History