The Red Cross serves humanity Join now / C.W. Anderson. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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 window into the past: The Red Cross serves humanity Join now / C.W. Anderson., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Red Cross serves humanity Join now / C.W. Anderson.
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A direct call to "join now" gives this recruiting poster its urgency, and its slogan, "The Red Cross serves humanity," frames enrollment as service to others. Printed in color by offset lithography sometime between 1914 and 1918, it reflects the wartime growth of the American Red Cross, whose membership swelled after the United States entered the conflict in 1917. Medical care and nursing were central to that work at home and overseas, and the poster's subject matter points to that role. Artist C.W. Anderson's signature places the design within the commercial illustration of the period.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Medical aspects of war--1910-1920. Nurses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,685 × 4,574 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221263 |
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