January 15, 2025
Tag: red cross postcards
-
Red Cross Postcards
2 Comments
The Red Cross was founded by Henri Dunant, who was present at the Battle of Solferino in 1859, at which 40,000 men were killed or wounded. Dunant spent the next five years trying to get support for his plan and succeeded in convoking a convention of interested persons in Geneva, Switzerland in 1864. After the…
Past Article
November 28, 2023 3 Comments
Knitting Knickers. Well, there is nothing new there. But the Fred Spurgin postcard features a great alliterative title and an angel faced knitter who is hard at work knitting knickers with a smile on her face and quite pinchable rosy cheeks.