For united America YWCA division for foreign born women / C. Howard Walker Carey Print Lith. N.Y. – 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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For united America YWCA division for foreign born women / C. Howard Walker Carey Print Lith. N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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For united America YWCA division for foreign born women / C. Howard Walker Carey Print Lith. N.Y.
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Few posters of the period addressed immigrant women directly, and this lithograph from January 1919 was made for the YWCA's division serving foreign-born women. Its title, "For United America," reflects the wartime and postwar push to assimilate newcomers into American life. Illustrator C. Howard Walker designed it, and the Carey Print firm of New York produced the color stone-printed sheet. Printed only weeks after the armistice, it shows how war-era patriotism carried into the Americanization work that followed.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 102 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | YWCA--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Women--Organizations--1910-1920. Immigrants--1910-1920. Emigration & immigration--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,996 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 772_For_united_America_YWCA_1919 |
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