The Red Cross bloke – Antique Wall Art
![The Red Cross bloke, [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6deed2c8a2f5-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.)
Description
Step back in time with The Red Cross bloke, a vintage poster rich in period 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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Unlike most wartime posters, which rely on pictures to catch the eye, this sheet has no image at all, only a rhyming poem titled "The Red Cross Bloke" credited to a soldier identified as S.L.H. The plain British slang of the title presents the Red Cross helper as an ordinary man, not a distant figure. Issued by the British Red Cross Society in 1915, the color lithograph reflects the society's broader wartime work caring for the wounded and raising support at home. Its text-only design makes it a useful example of how the war was described in verse as well as in pictures.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 36 x 69 cm. |
| Notes | Poster is text only, a poem by a soldier S.L.H. |
| Subjects | British Red Cross Society. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Great Britain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,009 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 372_The_Red_Cross_bloke_1915 |
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