Service - Surgical dressings for war relief / Thomas Tryon. – Antique Wall Art
(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 Service - Surgical dressings for war relief / Thomas Tryon.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Service - Surgical dressings for war relief / Thomas Tryon.
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Its border is what sets it apart: a frame of labeled medical supplies, including drains, compresses, bandages, a fracture pillow, and an elbow rest. Dated 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, the poster reflects a period when relief organizations depended heavily on volunteers to roll bandages and make surgical dressings for hospitals. Its subjects, the medical side of the war and the nurses who handled these supplies, show how much of the war effort rested on women's unpaid labor. Thomas Tryon's color lithograph is a useful record of how war relief was promoted to the public.
| Created / published | Buffalo : Niagara Litho. Co., c1917. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 107 x 70 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Border features medical supplies, labeled: drains, compresses, bath mitt, elbow rest, tampon, bed sock, bandages, fracture pillow. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920. Medical equipment & supplies--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,980 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223250 |
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