Wanted! 2,000,000 garments for destitute men, women and children in occupied northern France and Belgium – Antique Wall Art
![Wanted! 2,000,000 garments for destitute men, women and children in occupied northern France and Belgium, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/eaf2dfd71373-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Wanted! 2,000,000 garments for destitute men, women and children in occupied northern France and Belgium. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few posters of the war are as spare as this one: it uses only type, and its appeal rests on a single figure, 2,000,000 garments. Issued under the auspices of the American Red Cross and dated 1917, the year the United States entered the war, it addressed people in occupied northern France and Belgium, where German occupation since 1914 had left many civilians with too little to wear. The lack of imagery suggests the organizers expected the scale of the need to speak for itself, asking American readers to picture how many people stood to be helped.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Under auspices American Red Cross. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Clothing relief--American--France--1910-1920. Clothing relief--American--Belgium--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,126 × 5,130 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222250 |
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