The Spirit of America Join the Red Cross Original WWI Homefront Poster
- 1919
- Howard Chandler Christy
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20 x 28 inches ~ (50 x 71 cm)$1,350
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Angelic and patriotic, a nurse wrapped in the American flag calls on people to join the Red Cross. During the war, the Red Cross labored not only to raise money (which, in the course of two separate pledge drives raised more than $297 million), but also to enroll members. By the end of the war, Red Cross membership had reached an astonishing thirty million. This post war poster continued the Red Cross’s membership drive effort.
