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Myers, fl. 1947 Teamwork in Tuskegee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09823.08 Author/Creator: Myers, fl. 1947 Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: December 1947 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.9 cm Order a Copy

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of a group of teenage girls wrapping Christmas presents for patients at the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital. Typed note on reverse side profiles the local chapter of volunteers in Tuskegee, AL and identifies those photographed. Names included are Mrs. M.G. Young, Barbara Polk, Gwendolyn Humbles, Doris Naggles, and Eula Mae Patrick.

Myers, fl. 1947
Young, M.G., Mrs., fl. 1947
Polk, Barbara, fl. 1947
Humbles, Gwendolyn, fl. 1947
Naggles, Doris, fl. 1947
Patrick, Eula Mae, fl. 1947

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