Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Join the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.28
Object Type
Poster
Maker
U.S. Government Printing Office
(American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body
U.S. Public Health Service
(American, founded 1889)
Issuing Body
U.S. Office of War Information
(American, 1942 - 1945)
Issuing Body
Federal Security Agency
(American, 1939 - 1949)
Date1944
Mediumpaper (cardboard), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 11 in x W 21 in (27.9 cm x 53.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring a photographic head and shoulders portrait of a uniformed member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps on the right side against a background of red, white, and blue horizontal bands. White and blue text to the left of the image reads: Only 5,416 opportunities to enlist this month / JOIN THE U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS / U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE / THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 100,000 CADET NURSES / A lifetime education in a proud profession with expenses paid…for high-school graduates who qualify / For information go to your local hospital or write U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York 8, N. Y.Additional small text along the bottom of the poster says: DISTRIBUTED BY OWI / FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY NE-CC3 / U. S. Government Printing Office : 1944-O-591942.
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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