Christmas Seals Campaign 1949

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1949-uu-uu.

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Celebrity radio spots asking for donations for Christmas seals, benefiting the fight against tuberculosis.

Celebrities Include:

Brian Donlevy
Helen Hayes
Gene Hirschfeld
Ruth Hussey
Edward G. Robinson
Gene Tierney
Edward Arnold
Anne Baxter
Douglas Fairbanks
Joseph Cotten
Bing Crosby
Jane Pickens
John London
Shirley Temple
Raymond Massey
Ilka Chase
Melvyn Douglas
Ralph Bellamy
Rosalind Russell
Rex Harrison



Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 69016
Municipal archives id: LT295

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