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Red Cross stationery packaging
1916, Paper
Red Cross stationery packaging
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36504
Title
Red Cross stationery packaging
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Packaging for Red Cross envelopes and paper. Cream paper package printed in red featuring Red Cross imagery and information about the fundraising nature of the stationery.
Date
1916
Type
Paper
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
19710
Packaging for envelopes and paper sold to aid the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John during World War 1. This package contains note paper with images by 'eminent artists'.
Stationery was a wartime necessity, enabling contact with friends and family at home as well as those serving overseas. By purchasing Red Cross stationery, people were able to support the war effort through shopping.
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