The spirit of America--Join / Howard Chandler Christy 1919 Forbes. – Historic Print
(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 spirit of America--Join / Howard Chandler Christy 1919 Forbes., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The spirit of America--Join / Howard Chandler Christy 1919 Forbes.
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Howard Chandler Christy's 1919 poster, *The Spirit of America: Join*, pairs a Red Cross appeal with the American flag and a nurse, the three figures the American Red Cross leaned on to recruit members as the First World War ended. The color lithograph was printed by the Forbes Lithograph Company, and the record credits Percy MacKaye, the playwright and poet, among its related names. Christy was best known for his glamorous illustrations of women, so the poster shows how a commercial illustrator's style was turned to civic fundraising and enrollment. Its subject headings also point to the war's economic side, when public campaigns like this one asked ordinary Americans to buy in, give, and join.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright The American Red Cross. · MacKaye Percy 1875-1956. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 139_The_spirit_of_AmericaJo_1919 |
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