Men wanted over 31 years of age for American Red Cross foreign service / P.I.B. 18. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Men wanted over 31 years of age for American Red Cross foreign service / P.I.B. 18., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Men wanted over 31 years of age for American Red Cross foreign service / P.I.B. 18.
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The poster stands out for its age limit: it asks for men over 31 for American Red Cross service abroad, aimed at those too old for front-line military duty but still able to work overseas. Printed in 1918 by the National Printing & Engraving Co., which operated in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis, it belongs to a wave of civilian recruiting that year, when the Red Cross expanded its relief, ambulance, and canteen work in France. Its chromolithograph imagery pairs a sunrise or sunset with themes of war casualties, a combination that signals both the sacrifice the work demanded and the hope of relief in the field.
| Created / published | New York ; Chicago ; St. Louis : National Printing & Engraving Co., 1918. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 101 x 69 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 010135. Stenciled at bottom: 222 Fourth Ave. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Casualties. Sunrises & sunsets--1910-1920. War casualties--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221194 |
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