- Collection:
- Navy Supply Corps School and State Normal School Collection
- Title:
- Envelope and stamp honoring Moina Michael, Athens, Georgia, 1948
- Date of Original:
- 1948-11-09
- Subject:
- Envelopes (Stationery)--Georgia
Postage stamps--Georgia
Women on postage stamps
Poppies--Georgia
Michael, Moina Belle, 1869-1944 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Envelope with stamps honoring Moina Michael, Athens, Georgia, 1948. Moina Belle Michael was a United States professor and humanitarian, known as the "Poppy Lady" for conveiving the idea of using poppies as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in World War I. In 1948, four years after her death, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring her life's achievement.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:arl_nnc_nnc001-003-002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/normalnavyschool/do:nnc001-003-002
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
