Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief. – Vintage Wall Art
![Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b6/b623b95378bc-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.
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This lithograph asks viewers to "think what you can afford to give, then double it," and it makes the appeal in stark terms: "A life may depend on it." Its text marks it as the Second War Fund appeal of the American Red Cross, which was raising money for wartime relief after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917. Posters like this one used direct, urgent wording to ask ordinary citizens to give, since the Red Cross relied on public donations for medical supplies and aid to soldiers and civilians. The print is part of the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection, a group of wartime materials now held by the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Form N Y 4 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,585 × 4,461 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221803 |
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