The greatest mother in the world / A.E. Foringer. – Antique 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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Step back in time with The greatest mother in the world / A.E. Foringer., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few wartime posters cast a nurse as the central figure as directly as this 1917 American Red Cross design, titled "The greatest mother in the world" and credited to A.E. Foringer. The title turns the nurse's care for wounded men into a figure of maternal devotion, a common appeal in the months after the United States entered the war in April 1917. Posters like this one asked Americans to give money and time to the Red Cross, which was expanding its nursing and relief work at the time. This copy was once held by the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, a German archive that collected materials on the history of the period.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal : U.S. J8. 191- Promotional goal : U.S. G21. 191- · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | American Red Cross. World War 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Nurses--1910-1920. War casualties--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,001 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 100_The_greatest_mother_in_1917 |
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