Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
DITTY BAG
Date:
ca. 1918
Source:
Gift of the Veterans of World War I of the USA, Department of Montana
Object ID:
1989.92.03
Description:
To support the war, women, men, and children conserved food, cultivated vegetable gardens at home, knitted socks and garments for soldiers, collected items for care packages, and rolled bandages to be used overseas.
"Tell Mrs. Watts I had on the pair of sox she knit for me and their being so heavy helped save my foot." -Ralph J. Laws, letter to mother while recovering from gunshot wound to ankle, October 13, 1918
Volunteers across Montana and the country made items to send to soldiers, which they bundled up in small bags such as this one.
"Tell Mrs. Watts I had on the pair of sox she knit for me and their being so heavy helped save my foot." -Ralph J. Laws, letter to mother while recovering from gunshot wound to ankle, October 13, 1918
Volunteers across Montana and the country made items to send to soldiers, which they bundled up in small bags such as this one.
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Ditty Bag, 1989.92.03
Ditty Bag, 1989.92.03
