Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the Red Cross way--of cheating death from accidents. – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the Red Cross way--of cheating death from accidents.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the Red Cross way--of cheating death from accidents.
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A million people, the poster declares, have already learned the Red Cross way of cheating death from accidents, and this 1919 halftone is built around that bold claim. The American Red Cross ran large first aid instruction programs during and after the First World War, teaching civilians emergency care at a time when its wartime work had made first aid a familiar idea. Presented as a poster, the message framed first aid training as a practical duty for everyday life, not only a wartime one. Its blunt wording and direct appeal reflect the style of the many American posters that circulated in the late 1910s.
| Created / published | [1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone ; 74 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 9. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. Health care--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,692 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221248 |
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