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This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia The American ambulance in Russia / B. – Vintage Wall Art

This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia The American ambulance in Russia / B., Erie, Pa. : Erie Lithograph Co., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster
This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia The American ambulance in Russia / B., Erie, Pa. : Erie Lithograph Co., [between 1914 and 1918]. Vintage poster from the Military collection.

(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 color lithograph appeals for money to support a single American ambulance in Russia, which the poster claims is the only one of its kind saving lives there. Readers are asked to send contributions to an executive office on Fifth Avenue in New York. Private relief drives like this were common in the United States before it entered the war in 1917, when Americans gave to support medical aid for soldiers and civilians in Europe. Printed by the Erie Lithograph Company in Pennsylvania, the poster shows how wartime charities used bold color and direct appeals to reach ordinary donors.

Created / publishedErie, Pa. : Erie Lithograph Co., [between 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesPoster caption continues: Send contributions to Executive Office, 527 Fifth Ave., New York City, Room 501.
SubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Soldiers--Russian--1910-1920. Ambulances--American--Russia--1910-1920. Medical aspects of war--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,732 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221303

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