Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de toutes les nations. – Antique Print
![Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de toutes les nations., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3f/3f4b9db88fe9-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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A window into the past: Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de toutes les nations., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de toutes les nations.
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The title, *Symboles de la liberté*, translates as "Symbols of Liberty," and it places the work squarely in the French wartime effort of 1914. That year, France entered the First World War, and the republic leaned heavily on emblems such as Marianne, the tricolor, and the Phrygian cap to present the fight as a defense of civic freedom against the German Empire. Images like this one were produced to rally civilians, support recruitment and war bonds, and carry a patriotic message to a broad public. Look closely at which symbols are chosen and how they are arranged, since such choices reveal what the war's backers wanted their audience to feel about the cause.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Piece missing from lower right corner with some loss of text. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Flags--American--1910-1920. Flags--Haitian--1910-1920. Nurses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,757 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220883 |
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