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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.
Service Above Self
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Service Above Self

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.22.39
Object Type Poster
Artist (American painter, 1897 - 1982)
Printer (American, founded 1896)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1918)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Date1942
Mediumpaper
Dimensions24 7/8" h x 19" w
Physical 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 Details
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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