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1. Burlingame Red Cross Assists Passenger Boarding TWA Plane at SFO, December 1949 - Negative

   Burlingame Red Cross Assists Passenger Boarding TWA Plane at SFO, December 1949. Black and white negative shows a woman from the Burlingame Red Cross helping a passenger in a wheelchair board a Trans World Airlines (TWA) plane at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The image shows a woman wearing a Red Cross uniform who is pushing another woman in a wheel chair at center. A man with his back to the camera talks to them at right. The woman ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Burlingame Red Cross Meeting with Staff and Volunteers - Negative

   Burlingame Red Cross Meeting with Staff and Volunteers, February 1949. Black and white negative of a Burlingame Red Cross meeting between staff and volunteers at their office on Floribunda Avenue. There are at least six individuals sitting at a table, holding papers and drinking from coffee cups. One of the women is wearing a Red Cross uniform and two of the men have flowers in the lapels of their suits. Another woman is wearing a large hat and h...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Gray Ladies Class at Dibble Hospital - Photograph, Black-and-White

   Gray Ladies Class at Dibble Hospital, c. 1943-1944. Black and white photograph shows a group of 28 female Red Cross nurses posing for a group photo at Dibble Hospital in Menlo Park. The group appears in a large room filled with chairs; Two rows of women sit in the chairs with the third row standing. The nurses wear light-gray uniforms and caps with the insignia of the Red Cross. Several other nurses can be seen working in the background.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Intermediate Swim Button, c. 1955-1965 - Button, Insignia

   Intermediate Swim Button, c. 1955-1965. Circular metal button with an off-white background and red border. In dark blue text around the circle is printed "INTERMEDIATE SWIMMER", with red dots separating the words. In the center, separated from the text by a dark blue line, is a red cross. In the back is a repeating pattern of brand logos and a simple metal pin closure.

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Life Saving Junior Patch, c. 1955-1965 - Patch, Insignia

   Life Saving Junior Patch, c. 1955-1965. Small circular patch with red text on an off-white background. In the center is an embroidered red cross surrounded by a dark green embroidered circle. Around and outside this circle is written "LIFE SAVING JUNIOR" with dots on either side of "JUNIOR". The patch has a dark green border.

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Life Saving Senior Patch, c. 1955-1965 - Patch, Insignia

   Life Saving Senior Patch, c. 1955-1965. Circular patch with red text on a white background. In the center is an embroidered red cross surrounded by a dark green embroidered circle. Around and outside this circle is written "LIFE SAVING SENIOR" with red dots on either side of "SENIOR". The patch has a dark green border.

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Redwood City July 4th Parade, 1968 - Film, Motion Picture

   Redwood City July 4th Parade, 1968. Color film shows the 1968 Fourth of July Parade in Redwood City, California, produced annually by the Peninsula Celebration Association (PCA). The film is shot looking down on Middlefield Road between Jefferson and Main Street. Recorded on two 8mm reels. Total time 00:40:59 Part one (00:22:11) begins with a view of an American flag on a flagpole with small smoke puffs set off in the background and footage of P...

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Reminiscence and Reports of San Mateo County Red Cross in World War II, 1941-1945 - Janssen, Mona

   Reminiscences and Reports of San Mateo County Chapter, American Red Cross in World War II, 1941-1945, compiled by Mona Janssen. Illustrated.

   Record Type: Library

   
9. SMHS 'Junior LSS' Patch, c. 1928-1932 - Patch, Fraternal

   San Mateo High School 'Junior LSS' patch, c. 1928-1932. Red Cross Junior Life Saving Scout patch is diamond-shaped, with a red and black machine-embroidered design against a cream-colored background. Outer trim in red. At center of patch is the Red Cross symbol, surrounded by two concentric circles. Between the two circles are four black dots evenly spaced around the cross. Outside the circles, the words "JUNIOR / LSS" are embroidered in r...

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Untitled {Medical Tents at Camp Fremont - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled {Medical Tents at Camp Fremont], 1918. Sepia-colored photograph shows a view of tents and cots set up outdoors on a grassy field. Several men in uniform appear throughout the image posing for the camera. Two poles at the center of the image fly the American flag and a Red Cross flag.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Untitled [Red Cross, Community Event] - Photograph

    Untitled [Red Cross, Community Event], c. 1942-1945. Black and white photograph shows a community event with Red Cross members promoting the Second World War effort. A row of four temporary cubicles are set up with tables on the sidewalk near a parking lot. Clothing hangs in the first space at left. The second and third space each has a Red Cross nurse sitting at a table surrounded by posters promoting volunteer nurses’ aides. The fourth space ha...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. WWII "Aviator" Playing Cards, Dec. 6, 1946 - Card, Playing

    WWII "Aviator" Playing Cards, Dec. 6, 1946. Deck of 52 playing cards, white with a blue back comprised of a series of circle and diamond shapes. Deck contains one joker with a shield and wreath design, a card on which is printed, "EXTRA / JOKER" and a card that is plain on one side and has blue writing on the other that says, "Buy / WAR / SAVINGS / BONDS / AND / STAMPS / Now." Cards are contained inside a red cardboard box with w...

    Record Type: Object