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Five thousand by June Graduate nurses your country needs you / C. Rakeman. – Antique Wall Art

Five thousand by June Graduate nurses your country needs you / C. Rakeman., New York : Rand McNally & Co., [1917?] — vintage poster
Five thousand by June Graduate nurses your country needs you / C. Rakeman., New York : Rand McNally & Co., [1917?]. Vintage poster from the World War I 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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Step back in time with Five thousand by June Graduate nurses your country needs you / C. Rakeman., 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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Five thousand by June" sets a specific goal, five thousand graduate nurses by a deadline, which gives its appeal a sense of urgency. The poster was printed in New York by Rand McNally & Co., probably around 1917, as the United States was entering the First World War and its military hospitals and Red Cross services needed far more trained nurses than were available. Its line "Graduate nurses your country needs you" speaks directly to professional women and presents nursing as a form of patriotic service.

Created / publishedNew York : Rand McNally & Co., [1917?]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920.
SubjectsAmerican Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference95_Five_thousand_by_June_G_1917

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