This baby - has had a mother's care - millions of babies in Europe have not - the greatest mother" wants to help those other babies / A.M. Upjohn." – Historic Reproduction
![This baby - has had a mother's care - millions of babies in Europe have not - the greatest mother" wants to help those other babies / A.M. Upjohn.", [Washington, D.C. : 1919] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/57291b323f15-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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Step back in time with This baby - has had a mother's care - millions of babies in Europe have not - the greatest mother" wants to help those other babies / A.M. Upjohn.", a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This baby - has had a mother's care - millions of babies in Europe have not - the greatest mother" wants to help those other babies / A.M. Upjohn."
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A color poster printed in Washington, D.C., in 1919 contrasts a single cared-for infant with the "millions of babies in Europe" who have gone without a mother's care. Its appeal is directed at the "greatest mother," a reference to the American Red Cross, which was asking the public to support relief work after the First World War. Europe's children faced famine, disease and the loss of parents as the armistice of November 1918 gave way to slow recovery, and the Red Cross ran child-welfare and feeding programs there. Posters like this one used sentiment and direct address to turn that distant suffering into a personal obligation.
| Created / published | [Washington, D.C. : 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G21. 1919. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. Children--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,129 × 1,439 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217671 |
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