A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief. – Historic Reproduction
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(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.
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This color lithograph carries a blunt appeal in its title: a starving child can be "brought back to life" if Americans give up a small luxury, and the poster states that all of the Red Cross War Fund would go to war relief. The record dates it to 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, and labels it as part of the Second War Fund campaign. Red Cross drives of that period asked ordinary households to donate money for civilian and military relief in Europe, and posters like this one tried to make a distant famine feel personal. The collection's subject headings tie it to the medical side of the war, reflecting how the Red Cross funded hospitals, nursing, and food aid.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Form N Y 1 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,610 × 4,461 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221831 |
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