- Collection:
- Image Collection
- Title:
- American Red Cross / Gray Ladies
- Publisher:
- LaGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Photograph collections--Georgia--Troup County
LaGrange (Ga.)--Social life and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Gray Ladies were American Red Cross volunteers who worked in American hospitals, other health care facilities, and private homes, notably during World War I and World War II. They provided friendly, personal, non-medical services to sick, injured or disabled patients. They wrote letters, read, tutored and shopped for patients, and served as guides to visitors and as hostesses in hospital recreation rooms and at information desks. Gray Ladies also provided hospitality services in Red Cross Blood Centers and joined forces with other Red Cross workers in caring for disaster victims.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/19063
- Additional Rights Information:
- This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This image may be used in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required from the rights-holder (s) for educational use. For other use, permission must be granted by the Troup County Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
