Star & Garter Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors / B.P. ; WHS [monogram]. – Vintage Wall Art
![Star & Garter Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors / B.P. ; WHS [monogram]., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5e/5ef6eb1942c5-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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This vintage poster of Star & Garter Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors / B.P. ; WHS [monogram]. 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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Star & Garter Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors / B.P. ; WHS [monogram].
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Lady Cowdray, named at the foot of this poster as treasurer of the British Women's Hospital Fund, is the detail that sets it apart from other wartime charity appeals. The text asks women to give what they can toward a home where totally disabled soldiers and sailors would be cared for for the rest of their lives. Published in 1915 and reproduced from Punch's appeal for the Star & Garter Fund, it shows how private donations were expected to supply long-term care for men wounded in the war. Its message that the men "can never be repaid" is typical of the sentiment in British wartime fundraising.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: You can never repay these utterly broken men. But you can show your gratitude by helping to build this Home, where they will be tenderly cared for during the rest of their lives. Let every woman send what she can to-day to the Lady Cowdray, Hon. Treasurer, The British Women's Hospital Fund, 21 Old Bond Street, W. Patrons: H.M. the Queen & H.M. Queen Alexandra. Reproduced by permission of the Proprietors from Mr. Punch's appeal for the Star & Garter Fund. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,053 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1199_Star_Garter_Home_for_t_1915 |
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