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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Your Red Cross Is at His Side
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Your Red Cross Is at His Side

Object numberMO 2005.13.18.12
Name Poster
Artist (American painter, 1897 - 1982)
Issuing Body (American organization, founded 1881)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 28 1/4 in x W 22 in (71.8 cm x 55.9 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a uniformed American soldier standing against the backdrop of a field crisscrossed with barbed wire. Looking towards the viewer with a smile on his face, he is holding a rifle on his left shoulder, and a canteen cup in his right hand. In the sky above the soldier are the partial images of a man and woman both dressed in Red Cross officer uniforms. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: “SCHLAIKJER 43.” In the upper right corner of the poster is a large red cross along with green and red text on and below the illustration that reads: “WAR FUND / Your RED CROSS is at his side.” A union bug is printed in the very bottom lower right corner of the poster.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
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.
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