Dedication of 17 Gloucester Street as Red Cross House, undated, 1938-1939

This series contains photographs of the extended Ratshesky family, including the Ratshesky’s sister, Rebecca Morse and her family, Edith Ratshesky’s parents and sister Laura, who passed away at 27, as well as Edith’s nephew Robert Brandt and his family. In addition to the family photographs there are numerous exterior and interior shots of “The Birches,” the family’s summer home, as well as photographs of Czechoslovakian Presidents Masaryk and Benes and Minister to the United States, Vererka. Photographs of trips to Czechoslovakia and from the Goodwill Tour are also included with reports.