If you cant go across with a gun come across with your part of the Red Cross war fund / C. W. Love The United States Printing Lithograph Co. N.Y. – 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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A window into the past: If you cant go across with a gun come across with your part of the Red Cross war fund / C. W. Love The United States Printing Lithograph Co. N.Y., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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If you cant go across with a gun come across with your part of the Red Cross war fund / C. W. Love The United States Printing Lithograph Co. N.Y.
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Under the line "If you can't go across with a gun, come across with your part of the Red Cross war fund," this 1917 poster turns a call to military service into a call to give money. C. W. Love designed it as a color lithograph printed by the United States Printing Lithograph Company in New York, a common method for mass-producing posters at the time. The United States had entered the First World War that April, and the American Red Cross, which provided medical care, relief and supplies, depended heavily on public donations. The poster's subjects, which include war casualties and medical care, point to the wounded and sick these funds were meant to help.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 105 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright American Red Cross. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War casualties--1910-1920. Medical aspects of war--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,048 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 112_If_you_cant_go_across_w_1917 |
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