And they all enjoy doing it! These are some of the many society and film women who work as nurses' assistants at the State Guard's Base Hospital No. 1, as part of their preparation for the gala Military Ball to be held April 15 for the benefit of the hospital. Left to right, Mrs. Chic Young, Mrs. Raoul Walsh, Mrs. Richard A. Carrington, Jr., Mrs. Nan Kelly and Mrs. David Hearst. They are shown carrying food to patients on April 11, 1949.
State Guard's Base Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Volunteers--California--Los Angeles Charities, Medical--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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