Red Cross World War I Kit Bag

Military uniforms--American--1910-1920
Morton, Newell Edward, 1894-1979

Canvas kit bag, 16" x 11", used by Newell Edward Morton during his 1917-1918 service as 1st class sergeant in the 79th Aero Squadron. Includes buttons, safety pins, needles and thimble in pockets. Handwritten itinerary of his travels written across inside flaps.

Red Cross

1917-1918

Gift of Frederick H. Morton (1922 - 2004), Phoenix, Ariz.

CHS

CHS. Fair use.

CHS-1989-004.1-14

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Physical object

CHS-1989-004.6

Conway, Mass.

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