IMAGE
The Red Cross Item Info
- Title:
- The Red Cross
- Creator:
- Thomas, Esther E.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1917-12
- Description:
- After the outbreak of World War I and subsequently the influenza the American Red Cross mobilized thousands of individuals. In Moscow, to combat the war the Red Cross did everything they could from knitting socks to preparing bandages to be sent to soldiers. When the influenza came to the area they served as nurses, made flu masks and prepared meals for patients. Esther Thomas was a member of the American Red Cross beginning in 1917 by 1918 she served as a nurse at the university for patients of the influenza.
- Subjects:
- Red Cross nurses World War I
- Location:
- United States--Idaho--Latah County--Moscow
- Source:
- Esther E. Thomas scrapbooks, 1915-1925, MG 170, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
- Finding Aid:
- https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv237953
- Source Identifier:
- MG170_3
- Type:
- image;stillimage
- Format:
- image/jpg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The Red Cross", 1918 Flu Pandemic Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/1918flu/items/spanishflu005.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Material has likely passed into public domain. Digital reproductions are made available by University of Idaho Library for educational purposes, and future use should acknowledge this repository. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at [libspec@uidaho.edu](mailto:libspec@uidaho.edu). The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/