Service Above Self
Object numberMO 2005.13.22.39
Name
Poster
Artist
Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer
(American painter, 1897 - 1982)
Printer
Brown & Bigelow
(American company, founded 1896)
Issuing Body
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
(American, founded 1918)
Issuing Body
U.S. Department of War
(American, 1789 - 1947)
Date1942
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 24 13/16 in x W 19 in (63.1 cm x 48.3 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a uniformed Army medic tending to an injured soldier on the battlefield while fire and destruction loom in the background. Green, red, and black text above and below the artwork reads: SERVICE ABOVE SELF / MEDICAL DEPARTMENT / UNISTED STATES ARMY. The artwork is by Schlaikjer, 1942. Copyrighted by War Department, Bureau of Public Relations. Printed by Brown and Bigelow, Saint Paul, Minnesota. A union bug is in the lower right.
Additional DetailsCredit 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
Exhibitions
Non exposé