Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations. – Antique Wall Art
![Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8bbec594ccca-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.
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This poster stands out for its bilingual text, printed in English and Chinese beside the American and Chinese flags, which suggests the American Red Cross was reaching out across language lines during the First World War. Its slogan calls the Red Cross the "mother of all nations," and a nurse in the design links that humanitarian ideal to wartime care. The Red Cross had been founded in Geneva in 1863, and by the war's end its American branch was recruiting volunteers and raising relief funds at home and overseas. Posters like this one were a major tool in those campaigns.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text also in Chinese. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Flags--American--1910-1920. Flags--Chinese--1910-1920. Nurses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,820 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220873 |
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