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Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York. – Antique Wall Art

Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York., [1917] — vintage poster
Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York., [1917]. Vintage poster from the Military collection.

(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 Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York.

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This lithograph's title promises endorsements from Woodrow Wilson, who was serving as president, along with former presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, all backing the Young Men's Christian Associations' wartime work. J. F. Butler's design was printed by the Globe Lithographing Company of New York and promoted the YMCA's National War Work Council, which ran canteens and other services for American troops during the First World War. Rather than showing combat, the poster relies on the names of national leaders to make the case for supporting soldiers and sailors, a common approach in the home-front appeals of 1917 and 1918.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 60 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesNational War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
SubjectsWilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924 National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.)--1910-1920. War work--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,595 × 4,462 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221821

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