Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cross Society to help our sick and wounded / Hall the Printer Ltd., 3a Queen Street, Oxford. 1915. – Antique Photo Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cross Society to help our sick and wounded / Hall the Printer Ltd., 3a Queen Street, Oxford. 1915.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Oxfordshire [Red Cross] day, Saturday, June 5, for the British Red Cross Society to help our sick and wounded / Hall the Printer Ltd., 3a Queen Street, Oxford. 1915.
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Few First World War posters are as local as this one, which announces a Red Cross day in Oxfordshire on Saturday, June 5, 1915. Its wording makes the appeal plain: donations would help the British Red Cross Society care for the sick and wounded while casualty lists from the Western Front were growing. Flag days and street collections like this were a common way for towns across Britain to raise money for hospital supplies and relief, and the poster's printer, Hall the Printer Ltd. of Queen Street, Oxford, shows how such appeals were produced close to home.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n.], 1915. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Title from item. |
| Subjects | British Red Cross Society. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,046 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 371_Oxfordshire_Red_Cross_d_1915 |
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