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Poster

If I Fail He Dies

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w...
Poster

You Can Help

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a young woman sitting in a chair knitting. The symbol of the Red Cross is in the upper left corner. The poster reads: "You can...
Poster

Have You a Red Cross Service Flag?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a young boy sitting on a window sill putting a Red Cross service emblem on a window. The window is surrounded with patterned curtains and ...
Poster

The Disabled Man Can Win

Date: 1918
Description: A man in a military uniform is covering his mouth with one hand and holding a crutch with the other. Poster text reads: "The disabled man can win. Your loc...
Poster

How To Send Mail, Money, and Parcels to Prisoners in Germany or Austria

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a Red Cross insignia in the top center. The poster gives instructions on "How To Send Mail, Money, and Parcels to Prisoners in Germany or ...
Poster

Are You

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a Red Cross insignia in the top center. Text reads: "Are You — a graduate nurse, undergraduate nurse, practical nurse, hospital attendant,...
Poster

All They Ask Is Your Old Clothes

Date: 1918
Description: Poster shows two open hands in front of the burning remains of a city across the water. Text reads "All They Ask Is Your Old Clothes. Send everything you c...
Poster

For All Humanity

Date: 1918
Description: Posters featuring a photograph of a female nurse looking out of a window. Two empty hospital beds with white covers and a chair is in the room behind her. ...
Poster

Third Red Cross Roll Call

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a female nurse in a white uniform with a Red Cross logo on her dress and her hat. She is also wearing a long white veil...
Poster

Still the Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1916
Description: Poster depicting four people. The woman is monumental, with a billowing dress and a Red Cross hat. She is holding a boy with a crutch in her left arm. Her ...
Poster

Give More to the Red Cross

Date: 1918
Description: Poster has red cross logo in all four corners. Text reads "Give more to the Red Cross. The boys who risk their lives to protect you, need the protection yo...
Poster

Make Good The Promise. One Hundred Million Dollars

Date: 1918
Description: "Make good the promise" is across the top of the poster with the Red Cross insignia between "good" and "promise."
The poster reads: make good the promi...
Poster

Journee du Poilu. Organisée par le Parlement

Date: 1915
Description: Poster depicting a young boy and girl. The girl is wearing a red cross uniform and is carrying a collection cup. The boy has a soldier-like outfit with a c...

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