History: Photo of Long Islander in Germany After WWI

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We dig into the archives and found this old pic.

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From left to right the workers are: Miss Ethel Ketcham, Belport, Long Island, N.Y.; Miss Edith Griscom, 1226 Watchung Ave. Plainfield, N.Y.; Mrs. Amelie Church, 850 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y. Photo: No known restrictions on publication. From the American National Red Cross photograph collection.

This photo from the Library of Congress archives shows Ethel Ketcham, of Belport, Edith Griscom, of Plainfield, and Amelie Church, of New York in Treves, Germany. Dated February 1919, the caption for this picture says the women are standing outside of the American Red Cross home for its women personnel stationed in the city.

 

According to findagrave.com, Ethel B. Ketcham, was born July 31, 1878 and died March 7, 1965 at her home in Bellport.