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Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith. – Historic Reproduction

Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith., Boston : Forbes, 1918. — vintage poster
Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith., Boston : Forbes, 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A boy at a window is the focus of this 1918 poster, which asks viewers directly whether they have a Red Cross service flag. Jessie Willcox Smith, a Philadelphia illustrator known for her gentle pictures of children and mothers, designed it for the American Red Cross. Service flags, with a blue star for each family member serving in the military, were a common sight in American windows during the First World War. By tying its appeal to that household display, the Red Cross made its wartime campaign feel personal to families at home.

Created / publishedBoston : Forbes, 1918.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. G21. 1918. Copyright by the American Red Cross.
SubjectsAmerican Red Cross--Public relations--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Boys--1910-1920. Windows--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,160 × 1,459 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217209

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