American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau; Patriotism; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Public Health Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female;...
Color poster showing the portrait of an attractive young woman proudly receiving a white nurse's cap most likely from the hands of Uncle Sam (note stars and strips on sleeves), with the words "become a nurse : your country needs you" emblazoned...
American National Red Cross. Nursing Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a young woman wearing a nurse's uniform. She holds a candle in one hand at shoulder level and envisions her work as a Red Cross Student Reserve nurse. The candle casts shadows over the woman's shoulder, and in the shadows this woman...
War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows a woman ordnance worker (WOW) wearing a blue jumpsuit with a red and white scarf tied around her head standing in front of an ordnance shell, with the text under the image reading "She's...
American Red Cross; Fund raising; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988) of an attractive woman wearing a Red Cross nurse's uniform, with the Red Cross theme "The greatest mother in the world" appearing above her head. She has a sad expression on her face as she extends...
Nurses--Recruiting--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that shows a young woman dressed in a nurse's uniform standing over a male patient recuperating in bed, with the words "Save his life... and find your own" set in type in the background behind her. Used to recruit nurses during World...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
American Red Cross; Burleson, Albert Sydney, 1863-1937; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dexter that shows the portrait of a young woman dressed in the cap of an American Red Cross nurse, with the title below reading "Eight million patriotic red cross workers have made 291,004,000 necessary articles for war purposes."...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by A.T.F. that shows a Red Cross nurse escorting a young boy and girl away from a bombed-out house, with the words "the Queen of Belgium appealed to the Red Cross to aid in saving the children" appearing next to the image in the top...
American Red Cross; Columbia (Symbolic character); Fund raising; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by E. H. (Edwin Howland) Blashfield (1848-1936) that features two women in long white robes who are standing side by side in classical poses. The woman on the left, wearing a nurse's uniform with a red cross imprinted on her white...
American National Red Cross. Nursing Service; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) showing the patriotic character of Uncle Sam with his hand on the shoulder of an attractive young woman dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform, with the text under the image reading "Your Red Cross...
American Red Cross; Children in wartime; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster showing a Red Cross nurse helping a wounded soldier and a mother and her children, with a large Red Cross emblem used as the backdrop. Below this image is the following message: "What can you do? Join our Red Cross"; "Membership...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
In this undated letter believed to have been written in December 1854 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Mrs. Nancy Heywood) Richmond in a playful but sympathetic tone wishes Muddie (Maria Clemm) better health, trying to raise her spirits by...
