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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.
You Are Needed Now
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

You Are Needed Now

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.37
Object Type Poster
Photographer (American illustrator and photographer, 1892 - 1956)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1901)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 31 in x W 20 1/2 in (78.7 cm x 52.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA poster featuring a color photographic head and bust image of a woman dressed in an Army Nurse Corps uniform. The photographer’s facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the image: RUZZIE GREEN –. Text above and below the image reads: “YOU ARE NEEDED NOW / JOIN THE ARMY 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-A” / JUNE 1943.
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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