Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger) and Jay Silverheels (Tonto) for Christmas
Seals. They were introduced in this country by social worker and activist
Emily Bissell in 1907. She had read about the use of Christmas Seals in
Denmark to help fight tuberculosis.
Emily Perkins Bissell
The 1904 Danish Christmas Seal
Imogene Fernandez de Coca
(November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001)
Imogene Coca was a comic actress best known for her role
opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows, a live 90-minute
variety show that appeared Saturdays (9-10:30 p.m. ET) on
NBC from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954. Coca took
Lessons in piano, dance, and voice as a child and while still a
teenager moved from Philadelphia to New York City to become
a dancer. She got her first job in the chorus of the Broadway
musical When You Smile
