[Red Cross Clubmobile, circa 1945]
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Title |
[Red Cross Clubmobile, circa 1945] |
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Date |
1945 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Red Cross |
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Item description |
An American Red Cross Clubmobile is parked near the coast in England, circa 1945. A Red Cross worker can be seen to the left. |
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Veteran's name |
Potts, Helen Bolling |
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Veteran's biography |
Helen Bolling Potts (1919-2012) of High Point, North Carolina, served overseas with the American Red Cross during World War II .
Helen Bolling Potts was born in 1919 in High Point, North Carolina. She attended Woman’s College and graduated with a degree in physical education in 1939. Potts taught for two years in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, worked on a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Potts joined the Red Cross in December of 1942. She was assigned to the 23rd Street YMCA in New York City, where she accompanied French sailors on tours of the city. In 1943 she was sent overseas to work as a "doughnut girl" in England, France, and Germany .
After leaving the Red Cross, Potts settled in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she worked with the Girls Scouts of America. She died on 18 June, 2012. |
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Place |
England |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0234 Helen Bolling Potts Papers |
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Collection summary |
Collection consists of a 2003 Oral History Interview, correspondence, photographs, postcards, newspaper clipping, custom made uniform (skirt and jacket), shirt, boots, and a 29th Rangers shoulder patch. |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. |
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Object ID |
WV0234.6.003 |
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Digital publisher |
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
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OCLC number |
900812736 |
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