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Originally affiliated with the Red Cross, America's Christmas Seal Association has changed it’s name over the years, and is now The American Lung Association. Their first Christmas Seal was issued in 1907 at a time when tuberculosis was a major cause of death in America. As an effort to save a small tuberculosis hospital in the state of Delaware, Emily Bissell designed and financed this first Christmas Seal. Inspired by an article about similar project in Denmark three years earlier, her Christmas Seal was failing to receive the attention necessary to raise the needed funds. Bissell, a writer, poet, and socially conscious woman sought the help of a big city columnist, Leigh Mitchell Hodges. With the Philadelphia North American's help her financial goal was exceeded by 1000%. Sales were so brisk that even toward the end of the holiday season a second printing, a type two with “Happy New Year” added, was produced.

US Christmas Seal Association Name Changes

1907 - American Red Cross, Delaware Chapter

1908 through 1910 - American Red Cross

1911 through 1917 - Sponsored and publicized by the American Red Cross, but sold by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis

1918 - American Red Cross; given to those who joined the Red Cross Roll Call

1919 through 1968 - National Tuberculosis Association

1969 through 1972 - National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association

1973 onward - The American Lung Association.

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