Picture postcard of a volunteer serving troops out of a Red Cross “Clubmobile": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A picture postcard of an American Red Cross "Clubmobile" and attending Red Cross volunteers serving coffee to U.S. servicemen. The text above the image reads: [PASSED BY U. S. ARMY CENSOR No. 21 E. T. O., U. S. A.], and text below the image reads" ["MIGHTY PROUD TO SERVE YOU]. The back of the picture postcard has pre-printed postcard marking in brown ink that include the Correspondence section, Address section, Stamp section and information about sending postcard. The postcard is unused.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1945
• Created by: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
• Subject of: American Red Cross, American, founded 1881
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Type: portraits
• Type: picture postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (8.9 x 13.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2010.36.5.36
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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