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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.
Serve With Glory
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Serve With Glory

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.34
Object Type Poster
Photographer (American and German photographer, 1909 - 1993)
Issuing Body (American corporation, founded 1868)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1946)
Dateca. 1942-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 21 in x W 14 7/8 in (53.3 cm x 37.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring a blue-tone head and shoulders photographic portrait of a young woman in an Army Nurse Corps uniform. The photographer's name is printed in the lower right of the photo: PHOTO BY HENLE. Above and below the image is white text, on a red background, that reads: SERVE with Glory / BECOME A NURSE! This is followed by "Apply at" with a blank space for the insertion of an address(es) and in which are two addresses handwritten in blue ink: Red Cross Headquarters, 112 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. or Beatrice Good R.N. Chairman Local Nursing Council, 41 Hooker Ave, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Phone 3457 W.

Additional small, printed text along the bottom of the poster reads: PRINTED IN U.S.A. / This poster contributed by the METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY to the NEW YORK STATE NURSING COUNCIL FOR WAR SERVICE.
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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