The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Envelope reads "Pershing visit to the Eastbay 1920." Picture shows the front of General Pershing standing in a crowd. Female Red Cross workers stand on either side of him. The women wear hats bearing with designations of rank("Captain" and "Leutenant"). The woman closest to Pershing is Mrs. Wallace Alexander who presented him with a bouqet to honor him. additional old number 349 For more information about General Pershing's visit see h99.1.144.
Concepts:
woman; hat; exterior
Persons:
Mrs. Wallace Alexander; General Pershing
Organizations:
Red Cross
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