Come on - Join now 15000000 members by Christmas / R. Fayerweather Babcock Walton Spencer Co. Chicago Ill. – 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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Come on - Join now 15000000 members by Christmas / R. Fayerweather Babcock Walton Spencer Co. Chicago Ill. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Come on - Join now 15000000 members by Christmas / R. Fayerweather Babcock Walton Spencer Co. Chicago Ill.
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A 1917 color lithograph from the Chicago firm Babcock, Walton, Spencer Co., this poster asks Americans to join the American Red Cross, with a goal of 15,000,000 members by Christmas. The United States had entered the First World War in April 1917, and the Red Cross used large enrollment drives like this one to build a mass base of civilian support for wartime relief. The blunt, hailing phrase "Come on - Join now" reflects the direct style of home-front appeals of the period.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 92 x 60 cm. |
| Notes | Picture caption: Paris-Deacutept. Promotional goal: Fr. G2. 1917. Item is no. 195 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYCC · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Dogs--1910-1920. Hats--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 81_Come_on_Join_now_15000_1917 |
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