The New York Decorators Ambulance Fund--5 East 48th Street by New York interior decorators for our boys at the front--Every cent for ambulances & trailers. – Vintage Photo Print
![The New York Decorators Ambulance Fund--5 East 48th Street by New York interior decorators for our boys at the front--Every cent for ambulances & trailers., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d006ee3095a-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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The New York Decorators Ambulance Fund--5 East 48th Street by New York interior decorators for our boys at the front--Every cent for ambulances & trailers. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The New York Decorators Ambulance Fund--5 East 48th Street by New York interior decorators for our boys at the front--Every cent for ambulances & trailers.
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A benefit staged by New York interior decorators at 5 East 48th Street, open for one week in May with admission set at 50 cents, is the event this poster announces. Its appeal is direct: every cent would go toward ambulances and trailers for "our boys at the front." The United States entered the war in April 1917, and civilian groups across the country raised money for ambulances before the army had fully equipped its own medical units. The poster is catalogued in the silhouette genre of the 1910s, and its missing pieces along the edges are a reminder of how many wartime posters were pasted up in public places and worn by weather and handling.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 104 cm. |
| Genre | Silhouettes 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | May 20th to 27th, admission 50c. Poster has many pieces missing from edges. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Ambulances--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,721 × 3,795 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221487 |
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