Soldiers-sailors and women guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. hostess house / Walter Tittle. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Soldiers-sailors and women guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. hostess house / Walter Tittle. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Soldiers-sailors and women guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. hostess house / Walter Tittle.
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Soldiers, sailors and women guests are welcomed together to a YWCA hostess house, and the handshake at the center of the design makes that greeting the subject. During the First World War, the Young Women's Christian Association ran hostess houses near training camps, giving servicemen a comfortable, supervised place to meet visiting mothers, wives and sweethearts. Walter Tittle designed the poster, which A. Hoen & Co. printed as a lithograph in 1917 with sponsorship credited to the U.S. Department of Labor.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 97 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Paste-on at bottom: 30 East 52nd St. New York 375 Lexington Ave. New York 245 Carlton Ave. Brooklyn 48 Boylston St. Boston. Title from item. · United States. Dept. of Labor funder/sponsor.A. Hoen Co. printer. |
| Subjects | YWCA--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Shaking hands--1910-1920. Soldiers--1910-1920. Sailors--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,051 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1077_Soldierssailors_and_wom_1917 |
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