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Red Cross Armband
Red Cross Armband
Red Cross Armband

Red Cross Armband

Date1888-1889
Mediumcloth, metal
Dimensions4 1/2 x 17 in. (11.4 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPersonal Symbol
Catalog number2013.5.14
DescriptionBeige & red cloth armband with a Red Cross sewn in and "Neutralidad California" stitched in red. A United Spanish War Veterans Honorary Member medal is also attached. The armband belonged to Dr. Fenn Hart, Tempe's first mayor. He served in the Spanish-American War in the National Guard, Company C in the Philippines for ten months. Here he was in charge of a Red Cross unit.
Status
Not on view
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
Image Not Available for Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
c. 1901
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
Civil Defense Armband, medical specialist
Civil Defense Armband, medical specialist
1940s
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