War-zone home for our boys over there"--Always at the service of our brave troops Help keep these home fires burning--Some are giving thousands – Historic Reproduction
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War-zone home for our boys over there"--Always at the service of our brave troops Help keep these home fires burning--Some are giving thousands
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Its headline promises a "war-zone home" for American servicemen, a phrase that captures what the Young Men's Christian Associations set out to provide for troops in France during the First World War. The National War Work Council used posters like this one in 1917 to raise money for huts, canteens, and writing rooms where soldiers could rest, write letters home, and find a measure of comfort near the front. The appeal to donors, "Some are giving thousands," reflects the fundraising drives that supported the organization's work with the American Expeditionary Forces. As a large color lithograph, the poster was designed to be seen from a distance on city streets and in public buildings.
| Created / published | LC-USZC4-8377 (color film copy transparency) No known restrictions on reproduction. |
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| Medium | POS - WWI - US, no. 352 (C size) [P&P] |
| Genre | National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Notes | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 59 cm. |
| Subjects | [1917] |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,461 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221827 |
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