Poster
Workers Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle
| World War I poster featuring an illustration of an older man in a YMCA uniform next to a mason lifting a stone, the symbol of a triangle with YMCA, and a shadow of a soldier aiming a rifle and bayonet in a cloud of smoke. Poster text reads: "Workers, lend your strength to the red triangle. Help the "Y" help the fighters fight. United War Work Campaign — November 11 to 18." |
| Image ID: | 131520 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1918 |
| Creator Name: | United War Work Campaign |
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| Collection Name: | World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6030 (7) M8.2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 19.25 x 27.75 inches |
| Illustration signed by Gil Spear. The United War Work Campaign was formed in 1918. It was comprised of the YMCA, the YWCA, the Knights of Columbus, the American Library Association, the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service and the Salvation Army. |
| Military uniforms |
| Soldiers |
| War posters |
| Weapons |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| Men |
| Propaganda |
| Fund raising |
| Young Men's Christian associations |
| Work clothes |
| Uniforms |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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