January 14, 2025
Tag: red cross
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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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December 15, 2022 5 Comments
Vacuum cleaners on postcards are rare. Since sales of sweepers and cleaners were conducted mostly in the customer’s home, perhaps the sales staff preferred the door-to-door approach rather than waiting for the lady-of-the-house to respond to a postcard.