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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.
Be Ready for Your War Service
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Be Ready for Your War Service

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.18.6
Object Type Poster
Artist (American artist, illustrator, and designer, 1906 - 1992)
Issuing Body (American organization, founded 1881)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 18 in x W 14 in (45.7 cm x 35.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a young woman dressed in a student nursing uniform with a badge that reads, "NURSING SERVICE [red cross] STUDENT RESERVE. In her right hand she is holding a lit candle that illuminates a shadowy scene in the background (perhaps the student nurse visualizing her future) of a nurse administering an IV to an injured, bed-bound man while a uniformed soldier stands nearby. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the image: Edmundson. Blue and cream-colored text on and below the image reads: Be ready for your WAR SERVICE / Join RED CROSS [red cross] STUDENT RESERVE. The bottom edge of the poster has a New York union bug and additional small text that says: POSTER 710B AUGUST 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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