The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout The Y.M.C.A. is our boys' "Big Brother" [...] What will you give to show them that somebody cares - that you care?/ John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company – Historic Print
![The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout The Y.M.C.A. is our boys' "Big Brother" [...] What will you give to show them that somebody cares - that you care?/ John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/36f44ecad1c5-L.webp)
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A window into the past: The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout The Y.M.C.A. is our boys' "Big Brother" [...] What will you give to show them that somebody cares - that you care?/ John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, preserved in this vintage poster. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout The Y.M.C.A. is our boys' "Big Brother" [...] What will you give to show them that somebody cares - that you care?/ John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company
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A World War I recruiting-style poster, this lithograph carries a quoted line from a soldier "over there" about the Young Men's Christian Association dugout, the YMCA's canteen and hut network near the front. Designed by John F. Butler and printed by the Globe Lithographing Company in 1917, it asks American viewers to give money to the National War Work Council, the body that raised funds for YMCA services to troops. The YMCA ran writing rooms, canteens, and recreation facilities for American servicemen in France, and posters like this one tied those services to a personal appeal, framing a donation as a way of letting the boys know that someone at home cared.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 60 cm. |
| Notes | [1917] |
| Subjects | National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,461 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221828 |
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![Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/76/76289ef79ac7-400.webp)
