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Identifier
20058910
Description
Judge Atwood McDonald, Tarrant County director for National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, left, says goodbye to a group of Fort Worth nurses as they boarded a special Army plane at Fort Worth Army Air Field bound for Omaha, Nebraska. The nurses will help fight a polio epidemic. Left to right, Mrs. Pauline Loflin; Mrs. Edna Earle Nolte; Miss Helen Henson; and Miss Betty C. Beard. The nurses were recruited by the Red Cross. They are wearing flight jumpsuits and some are wearing or holding their personal accessories. Their luggage are in front of them and the plane is in the background. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, October 19, 1946.
Archival Date
1946-10-18
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1887
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Nurses
Names
American Red Cross; McDonald, Atwood; Loflin, Pauline; Nolte, Edna; Henson, Helen; Beard, Betty
Subjects
Nurses