August 15, 2026
Tag: red cross postcards
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Red Cross Postcards
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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
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April 15, 2025 6 Comments
The Adventures of Lovely Lilly by C. Wells began as cartoon stories in the New York Herald newspaper. Lilly is a sweet little girl who encounters wild animals as she travels about, but she is a sly little one not to be trifled with. The postcards are in high demand; there are sixteen issues.