For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E. – Historic Photograph Print
![For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c3d023483e24-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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This rare vintage poster captures For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E.
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Printed in London in 1915, this poster asks British readers to give on July 14, France's national day, in aid of the French Red Cross. It is credited to Forestier and was produced as a color lithograph by W.H. Smith & Son at the Arden Press on Stamford Street. Its subject headings point to nurses and to wartime fundraising, which invited British civilians to support France while the war was still being fought on French soil. Posters like this one show how appeals for relief reached ordinary streets and shop windows far from the front.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Croix-Rouge française. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Nurses--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,018 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 653_For_the_French_Red_Cros_1915 |
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