Join the Navy Nurse Corps
Object numberMO 2005.13.17.36
Name
Poster
Artist
Jon Whitcomb
(American illustrator and poster artist, 1906 - 1988)
Issuing Body
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
(American, founded 1908)
Dateca. 1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 31 in x W 20 1/2 in (78.7 cm x 52.1 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring a 3/4 illustration of a woman dressed in a Navy Nurse Corps uniform against a pink and white background. The artist’s facsimile signature is along the right side of the image: Jon Whitcomb. Text below the image reads: “JOIN THE NAVY NURSE CORPS / APPLY AT YOUR RED CROSS RECRUITING STATION.”
A union bug is in the lower left corner of the poster. Printed in small letters in the lower right corner is: POSTER 710.
Additional DetailsA union bug is in the lower left corner of the poster. Printed in small letters in the lower right corner is: POSTER 710.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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