American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / Lawrence Wilbur. – Historic Print
![American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / Lawrence Wilbur., N.Y. : Snyder & Black, Inc., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/25a544510205-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 vintage poster of American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / Lawrence Wilbur. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / Lawrence Wilbur.
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Lawrence Wilbur's poster pairs the slogan "American Red Cross Serves Humanity" with a direct call to "Join!", which sets it apart from wartime appeals that asked only for money. Printed in New York by Snyder & Black sometime between 1914 and 1918, it belongs to the Red Cross membership drives that expanded sharply after the United States entered the First World War in 1917. Its subject headings link it to nurses and the medical side of the conflict, reflecting the organization's central role in wartime relief. Offset color printing was a comparatively inexpensive process, which helped campaign posters like this one reach a broad public.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Snyder & Black, Inc., [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Public relations--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920. Membership campaigns--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,757 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221250 |
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