A War Relief Bazaar opened at the Coliseum in St. Louis (pictured) and ran through Oct. 30. An official program for the event, hosted by the War Relief Bazaar Association, is available at the Olin Library at Washington University in St. Louis.
Photo credit: Bain News Service, Publisher. Coliseum, St. Louis. [June] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2014701964/.
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