Women, girls - rest and information go to the YWCA blue triangle house opposite Union Station – Antique Wall Art
![Women, girls - rest and information go to the YWCA blue triangle house opposite Union Station, [1917 or 1918]. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1fdcc46b7edf-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Women, girls - rest and information go to the YWCA blue triangle house opposite Union Station. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. 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.
Women, girls - rest and information go to the YWCA blue triangle house opposite Union Station
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Across from Union Station, the YWCA's Blue Triangle house offered rest and practical information to women and girls passing through the city, and this lithograph promotes that service. The Association's blue triangle emblem marked its wartime hostels, which were set up near railroads and military sites as women moved in large numbers into war industries and toward soldiers' camps. Posters like this one, dated to around 1917 or 1918, asked the public to support that work and to direct young women to a safe place to stop. Its plain, direct address to women and girls shows how seriously wartime organizers took their welfare.
| Created / published | [1917 or 1918]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 66 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Women--Health & welfare--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,716 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220954 |
More from the Family Life collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
