Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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This vintage poster of Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.
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Herman Roeg's 1918 color lithograph asks American viewers to help the Red Cross during the final months of the First World War, a campaign the organization ran to raise money for relief work at home and overseas. The poster is an example of the wartime appeal, which relied on emotional images of nurses and the wounded to persuade civilians that giving was a direct form of service. Its subjects, which include nurses and war casualties, reflect how the Red Cross tied fundraising to the medical and human costs of the conflict. The printed size, roughly 70 by 48 centimeters, was typical of the large posters that were pasted on streets and in shop windows during these drives.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 70 x 48 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920. War casualties--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 718 × 892 px |
| Reference | 103_Help_the_Red_Cross_He_1918.tif-S |
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