Join - Red Cross work must go on! All you need is a heart and a dollar / Dexter. – Historic Reproduction
(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 rare vintage poster captures Join - Red Cross work must go on! All you need is a heart and a dollar / Dexter. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Join - Red Cross work must go on! All you need is a heart and a dollar / Dexter.
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A 1917 color lithograph by an artist named Dexter, this poster urges Americans to join the Red Cross with a blunt promise in its title: all you need is a heart and a dollar. It appeared in the first year of American involvement in the First World War, when the Red Cross was expanding quickly to support hospitals, nursing and relief work at home and overseas. The modest one-dollar membership it invokes was meant to lower the barrier, so that ordinary households could join alongside wealthier donors. Its large format, about 90 by 142 centimeters, was suited to display on city streets and in public buildings.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 90 x 142 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright Wells Fargo Company. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Nurses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,662 × 3,723 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 116_Join_Red_Cross_work_mu_1917 |
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