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unknown, fl. 1947 [Photograph of residents and nurses in Galesburg, Illinois]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09823.05 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1947 Place Written: Galesburg, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: 5 September 1947 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 25.9 cm Order a Copy

One photograph dated September 5, 1947 of nurses and residents in Galesburg, Illinois. Pictured are nurses and residents of Galesburg eating ice cream and cookies. On reverse side is a typed note lists the names of a few volunteers for the Gray Lady corps.

Toles, Ivy, fl. 1947
Brown, Dorothy, fl. 1947

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