Wife of Secretary of State first to enroll in Red Cross for 1939. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. To Mrs.Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, went the honor today of becoming the first official Red Cross member in the nation during the roll call for 1939. Her membership was immediately flown to roll call headquarters by an army signal corps carrier pigeon. Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring is pictured enrolling Mrs. Hull while on the left is Miss Mabel Boardman, Secretary of the American Red Cross, 9/26/38
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An old photo of a man putting a tie on a woman.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
1938
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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