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When James Bowman first gave blood 50 years ago in Oshawa, brandy was given to those who passed out
When James Bowman first gave blood 50 years ago in Oshawa, brandy was given to those who passed out

When James Bowman first gave blood 50 years ago in Oshawa, brandy was given to those who passed out

Date4/9/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: When James Bowman first gave blood 50 years ago in Oshawa, brandy was given to those who passed out. The Red Cross is planning a 50th anniversary of the first clinic May 7. Among those who attended those clinics were, from left, nurses Muriel Nesbitt, Bea Boddy and Retta Parnell. Story/SD3.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028280F
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They've given 300 units of blood, Three blood donors hold the certificates they received last night that show each has given blood 100 times: (from le(...)
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Mrs. Charles Paul, She couldn't give her blood so she gave her heart
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Ted Blanchett, left, stacks boxes of blood products ready to be shipped to one of the 60 hospitals served by the Toronto Blood Centre of the Canadian Red Cross
Ted Blanchett, left, stacks boxes of blood products ready to be shipped to one of the 60 hospitals served by the Toronto Blood Centre of the Canadian Red Cross
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Dr. Olaf Krassnitzky stands with a crate of blood in the cold storage room of the Canadian Red Cross Society's blood bank, where supplies to be sent o(...)
Dr. Olaf Krassnitzky stands with a crate of blood in the cold storage room of the Canadian Red Cross Society's blood bank, where supplies to be sent o(...)
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Harold Wright: My blood is needed now, he says, so he won't boycott blood donor clinics
Harold Wright: My blood is needed now, he says, so he won't boycott blood donor clinics
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His 100th gift of blood, Making his 100th blood donation, yesterday at a clinic in Ajax, postal worker Robert Andrew of Ajax is surrounded by Ajax May(...)
His 100th gift of blood, Making his 100th blood donation, yesterday at a clinic in Ajax, postal worker Robert Andrew of Ajax is surrounded by Ajax May(...)
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