Cradle Club Hope Chest Raffle advertisement appearing in the 1947 January Nite programme.
Date: January 1947.
Credit: The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital, WCH Association of Volunteers fonds, VOL-8-28-4.
The Cradle Club held its first Hope Chest Raffle at January Nite in 1938. It quickly became a much loved tradition at the annual gala.
This Hope Chest Draw advertisement reads, “Be sure to visit our display on this floor – Beautiful mahogany chest filled with Lovely Linens, Bedding, Exquisite Lingerie etc. [and] 35 Extra Prizes – Proceeds from tonight’s draw will buy a delivery room table and gas equipment. Tickets 25 cents”.