Poster showing a holly-decked candle in a window, with the Red Cross symbol in its glow. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
A French soldier picking up medical supplies from the Red Cross. Two nurses in background. The Red Cross was one of three official charitable organizations of the war and the Red Cross was the only one allowed at the front. Picture caption: Paris-D_Ęp't. Promotional goal: Fr. G2. 1917. Item is no. 195 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Poster showing scenes of various health center activities. No. 8.
American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a large red cross.
Poster showing an American "patriot" helping a young Belgian girl into a coat while a Red Cross worker stands behing him holding clothing, other members of the child's family stand to the right.
American Red Cross campaign poster showing a winter scene with snow covered house and trees. Issued(?) by: Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity. Copyright 1918 by American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross (officially named The American National Red Cross) was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton, an American humanitarian and civil rights activist. Barton modeled the American Red Cross (ARC) after the International Red Cross, based in Geneva, Switzerland, which she encountered while volunteering in Europe during the late 1800s. She envisioned an organization that would provide humanitarian aid during wartime and in the event of national calamities.
Poster showing a dog holding a hat in its mouth, filled with coins and Red Cross membership receipts, against background of Red Cross flags.
American Red Cross poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding an infant and comforting a woman amid the destruction left by war. Issued(?) by: American Red Cross.
Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of China and the United States. Text also in Chinese.
Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one cradling in her arms a child on a litter, between the flags of Japan and the United States. Text also in Japanese.
Poster for Red Cross student membership drive, including blank spaces for the name of the school and the number of members enrolled, American and Red Cross flags, and portraits of Woodrow Wilson, Lincoln, and Washington. Caption reads: Instructions for Use. To the Principal or Teacher: Have the school children draw in the name of the school at the top of the poster after careful lettering under your direction. Exhibit the poster at the Lincoln's Birthday Exercise, and hang it in a prominent place during the enrollment period which ends on Washington's Birthday. At Washington's Birthday Exercise let some of the children, as part of the ceremony, paste in figures representing the number of children enrolled above the word Members.
Poster showing a disabled man with a crutch standing in a doorway looking at landscape beyond, with Red Cross nurse and others in foreground. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.
Poster showing three portraits of soldiers, captioned Hay, Enright, and Gresham, against an American flag. Form N.Y. 19 Second War Fund.
Red Cross recruitment poster showing a nurse standing, with barracks in background.
Poster showing a young woman in a Red Cross uniform.
Poster showing a bust portrait of Pershing flanked by two red crosses. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Poster showing a monumental Red cross nurse cradling a wounded soldier on a stretcher. Form N.Y. 32, Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Poster showing a monumental Red cross nurse cradling a wounded soldier on a stretcher. No. 2XD-2. Copyright by American National Red Cross.
Poster showing a Red Cross nurse in a cloak, extending her hand, as soldiers march behind with an American flag. Copyright by American National Red Cross. No. 2xD-3.