Save his life - and find your own--Be a nurse--Write to Student Nurses, 1790 Broadway, N.Y.C. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Save his life - and find your own--Be a nurse--Write to Student Nurses, 1790 Broadway, N.Y.C. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Save his life - and find your own--Be a nurse--Write to Student Nurses, 1790 Broadway, N.Y.C.
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Save his life and find your own" urges this 1943 Office of War Information poster, which directs readers to write to the Student Nurses office in New York City. Issued during World War II, when military hospitals and civilian wards faced shortages of trained staff, it belongs to a series of federal posters that tied everyday careers to the war effort. Its pairing of a wounded man's survival with the viewer's own career choice shows how wartime recruiting appealed to personal duty. That same year, Congress created the Cadet Nurse Corps to train more women for the profession.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : Office of War Information, 1943 (U.S. Government Printing Office) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | OWI poster no. 49. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Medical aspects. Nursing--United States--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,154 × 1,469 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215837 |
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