[blank] enrolls for national service Members. – Vintage Wall Art
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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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This vintage poster of [blank] enrolls for national service Members. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The title on this poster is left blank. Pupils were to letter their own school's name at the top, under a teacher's direction, so each finished copy named a particular school. Issued in 1919, it promoted the Junior Red Cross, a program the American Red Cross founded in 1917 to enlist schoolchildren in wartime service, such as making bandages and comfort items for soldiers. The printed instructions show how enrollment was staged as a school event, tied to Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays, with children pasting figures above the word "Members" to tally recruits.
| Created / published | [1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Caption reads: Instructions for Use. To the Principal or Teacher: Have the school children draw in the name of the school at the top of the poster after careful lettering under your direction. Exhibit the poster at the Lincoln's Birthday Exercise, and hang it in a prominent place during the enrollment period which ends on Washington's Birthday. At Washington's Birthday Exercise let some of the children, as part of the ceremony, paste in figures representing the number of children enrolled above the word Members. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Flags--American--1910-1920. School children--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 80_blank_enrolls_for_natio_1919 |
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