[Myrtle Coltharp, Catherine McCarthy, and Helen Pittman, confer on Red Cross aid in polio epidemic for Fort Worth] | Texas Disability History Collection

[Myrtle Coltharp, Catherine McCarthy, and Helen Pittman, confer on Red Cross aid in polio epidemic for Fort Worth]

Red Cross nursing representatives confer on Red Cross aid in polio epidemic for Fort Worth

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[Myrtle Coltharp, Catherine McCarthy, and Helen Pittman, confer on Red Cross aid in polio epidemic for Fort Worth]

Description:

Red Cross nursing representatives, from left, Myrtle Coltharp (St. Louis), Catherine McCarthy (Galveston), and Helen Pittman (Oklahoma), confer on Red Cross aid in polio epidemic for Fort Worth, 08/20/1943. Photo shows close-up of them communicating.

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Service Organizations, Social Welfare and Communities

Keywords:

Nursing, Polio, Communication, Prevention, Disease

Persons:

Coltharp, Myrtle

McCarthy, Catherine

Pittman, Helen

Places:

Fort Worth (Tex.)

Organizations:

Red Cross

Date Created:

1943-08-20

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013877

Call Number:

AR406-6 08/20/1943 1796

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)