Join! The American Red Cross – Antique Wall Art
![Join! The American Red Cross, Washington, D.C. : Potomac Litho. Mfg. Co., [1917?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/00/0014c71ee763-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Join! The American Red Cross in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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Many wartime posters urged Americans to join, but this one is tied in the catalog record to newspaper carriers, suggesting that young paperboys were enlisted to sell the message on their routes. Printed in Washington, D.C., around 1917, the lithograph appeared soon after the United States entered the First World War in April of that year. The American Red Cross was then recruiting members on a massive scale, and it relied on local printers, civic groups, and everyday workers to spread its appeal. Posters like this one show how the home front was mobilized through ordinary channels such as street delivery and neighborhood contact.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : Potomac Litho. Mfg. Co., [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Newspaper carriers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,790 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221271 |
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