10,000,000 members by Christmas On Christmas eve, a candle in every window and Red Cross members in every home. – Antique Print
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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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A window into the past: 10,000,000 members by Christmas On Christmas eve, a candle in every window and Red Cross members in every home., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Its headline sets a goal of 10,000,000 members by Christmas, a target tied to the American Red Cross enrollment drive that came after the United States entered the First World War in 1917. The poster pairs that appeal with a familiar holiday scene: a lit candle in every window, a traditional sign of welcome that here doubles as a call to join. As a color lithograph, it shows how the Red Cross used domestic imagery to bring the war effort into ordinary homes and to present membership as something a household could do during the season.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Christmas decorations--1910-1920. Candles--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,490 × 3,752 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222801 |
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