American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - One of the first business organizations in New York, and, it is believed, the first in the United States, to encourage knitting among its male employees during lunch hour, was the Universal Motion Picture Company, 1600 Broadway, New York. The female stenographers acted as instructors. Photo shows a noon hour knitting session in one of the offices
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American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - One of the first business organizations in New York, and, it is believed, the first in the United States, to encourage knitting among its male employees during lunch hour, was the Universal Motion Picture Company, 1600 Broadway, New York. The female stenographers acted as instructors. Photo shows a noon hour knitting session in one of the offices
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War Department. 1789-9/18/1947
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1917-01-01/1918-12-31
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Date Taken: 11/0/1917 Photographer: N.Y. Herald
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World War, 1914-1918
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National Archives and Records Administration
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image
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http://catalog.archives.gov/id/20802092
Date
1917-01-01/1918-12-31
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National Archives and Records Administration
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War Department. 1789-9/18/1947, “American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - One of the first business organizations in New York, and, it is believed, the first in the United States, to encourage knitting among its male employees during lunch hour, was the Universal Motion Picture Company, 1600 Broadway, New York. The female stenographers acted as instructors. Photo shows a noon hour knitting session in one of the offices,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed November 1, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6290.
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