Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
This poster, promoting the Red Cross Service Flag, shows a young boy affixing a flag to his window. Only members of the Red Cross could display the flags, and additional smaller stars were added for other dues paying household members.
About This Item
- Title: Have you a Red Cross service flag? World War 1 poster, 1918
- Creator: Jessie Willcox Smith
- Creation Date: 1918
- Subject Date: 1918
- Location: USA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 463, #843
- Collection: WPA broadsides relating to Maine, Massachusetts, and World War I
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- American Red Cross
- Girls--1910-1920
- Lithographs--Color--1910-1920
- War posters--American--1910-1920
- World War, 1914-1918--Children--United States
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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