American Red Cross nurses posing with mobile canteen
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Description
View of American Red Cross nurses posing with a White Horse delivery van that was converted into a mobile canteen. Nurses stand behind tables that hold coffee urns, pitchers and cups. Label on back: "The White Horse is well known for its efficiency in retail delivery service, but here we see how the same unit is serving as a wartime emergency vehicle. Photo shows members of the Red Cross of Pasadena, California with a White Horse which has been converted into a canteen car. The car is equipped to serve quick lunches and can be rushed to the scene of emergency on short notice." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na040288
- Subject:
- Nurses
- American Red Cross
- Canteens (Establishments)
- Vans
- White Motor Company
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Women workers, 90:8
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.