£160
War Poster Red Cross Roll Call Service Of All Mankind. Original antique World War One medical recruitment poster - Annual roll call At the Service of All Mankind - featuring a volunteer nurse with her uniform flowing behind her like angel wings, standing above a map of America with a Red Cross in the centre, a person riding a horse on one side and a wounded soldier on crutches with a lady and child on the other side, the map shape above a disaster scene showing flooding with a damaged bridge and homes in ruins below. The American Red Cross ARC was formed in 1881 as non-profit humanitarian organization founded by the American Civil War nurse Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton; 1821-1912). Printed by Edwards and Deutsch Litho and Co Chicago. Good condition, restored tears, small restored paper loss in margin, staining, foxing, backed on linen. Country of issue: USA, designer: Lawrence Wilbur, size (cm): 72x53, year of printing: 1917.
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