Vintage Salvation Army Postcard Collection – 16 Different Cards
Offered is a fascinating lot of sixteen vintage Salvation Army postcards featuring a variety of scenes documenting the organization's charitable and wartime activities. Subjects include Salvation Army Doughnut Girls, World War I troop support in France, frontline doughnut huts, social welfare work, nursery care, rehabilitation programs, and urban mission work.
This group includes several highly desirable World War I-themed cards depicting Salvation Army "Lassies" serving American soldiers overseas, along with scenes of slum relief efforts and Salvation Army community outreach.
Featured Subjects Include:
- Where the Other Half Lives
- After the Fight
- New York's Doughnut Hut of the Salvation Army
- Free Coal – Slum Work
- Slum Babies – Orange Box Nursery
- Making Doughnuts at Front Line
- The Doughboy and the Doughnut
- Our Doughnut Girl – Doughnuts in the Trenches
- Making Doughnuts Under Bombardment of German Guns
- Oh Boy! They Were Great!
- Where Do I Go From Here?
- At Work in the Slums
- Lassie Mending Soldiers Clothes
- The Doughnut Line Hut in the Argonne
- We Knew Them Over There, Now We Know Them Over Here
- On the Fringe of No Man's Land
Condition: Vintage condition with typical age-related wear. Cards may exhibit corner wear, edge wear, surface wear, album marks, light creasing, or other imperfections consistent with age and handling. Please review all scans carefully to determine condition.
A wonderful lot for collectors of Salvation Army memorabilia, World War I history, military ephemera, charitable organizations, social history, or vintage postcards.
