The American ambulance in Russia – Vintage Print
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(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.)
Description
A window into the past: The American ambulance in Russia, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The American ambulance in Russia
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The poster's caption calls this "the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia," and it asks readers to send contributions to the American Ambulance in Russia at 527 Fifth Avenue in New York. During the First World War, the United States had not yet entered the conflict when many private groups raised money for medical aid to the Allied armies, and Russia's front needed far more supplies than its military could provide. Posters like this one show how such relief efforts depended on public donations, with the image and short text meant to make a distant battlefield feel personal to American viewers.
| Created / published | [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 51 x 35 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Caption: This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia. Send contributions to The American Ambulance in Russia, 527 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Ambulances--American--Russia--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,566 × 4,452 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1107_The_American_ambulance_1917 |
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