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“Americans All” (1919) by Howard Chandler Christy recognizes immigrant's impact on the war effort. Lady Liberty honors soldiers died in battle; only 1 of the 14 names infers Anglo-Saxon origin. Visit #EmbattledEmblems, closing Jan. 27th. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Price #WWI
In “Halt the Hun” (1918), artist Henry Raleigh shows a U.S. soldier rescuing a woman & child from a German captor. The artist suggests that without our help, the women & children of Europe will suffer a terrible fate. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Price #EmbattledEmblems #WWI
Exploding artillery shells eviscerate life & darken skies, but the heavenly arm of the Red Cross shields the injured. R.G. Morgan used Christian symbols in “Keep This Hand of Mercy at its Work”(1918) to gain support for the Red Cross. Gift of Mrs. B Hagen #EmbattledEmblems #WWI
The Distinguished Service Cross was given to Pvt. Walter Klinger, for bravery at Bois D’Etrayes, France Oct 23, 1918. Klinger advanced alone on one of the enemy's strongest machine-gun nests & destroyed it w/hand grenades. Visit #EmbattledEmblems for more (photo NJStateArchives)
Artist Harry Everett Townsend, 1 of 8 official artists who accompanied the American military to France, chronicled the impact of the war on civilians in a series of powerful sketches. This one is entitled “War Rages in France” (1918) Gift of Mrs. Ben Hagen #EmbattledEmblems #WWI
During WWI, Red Cross nurses staffed 54 overseas hospitals; 296 died. “Hold Up Your End”(1918) by W.B. King used the nurses’ heroism to encourage Red Cross donations. By 1919, 40 million Americans donated. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Price. #EmbattledEmblems #WWI #AmericanRedCross
Capt. George Butcher, Montclair, received the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery near Verdun, France, Oct. 27, 1918. Capt. Butcher manned the guns of a neighboring platoon whose men were all casualties. See his unit's flag, 111th Machine Gun Battalion. #EmbattledEmblems #WWI
In “Motherless, Fatherless, Starving” (1918), Arthur Watkins Crisp used the heart-wrenching image of maimed French children as the subject for this poster. It was produced for the second of two Red Cross War Fund Weeks. #EmbattledEmblems Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Price
#WWI In Dec. 1918, the Red Cross sought to get service flags into 15M homes by Christmas. Illustrator Jessie Wilcox Smith used the appeal of the holiday season to express support in “Have You a Red Cross Service Flag?” On display now in #EmbattledEmblems. Gift of Mrs. Ben Hagen
#WWI In Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s stirring Weapons for Liberty (1918), a knighted Lady Liberty personifies America. The Boy Scouts of America distributed one million copies of this poster, raising more than $6 million. See an original poster today in #EmbattledEmblems.
"The Hun—His Mark, Blot it Out" (1918) by James Allen St. John. The precise lettering was done by hand. On view now in #EmbattledEmblems
"Workers Lend Your Strength" (1918), Gil Spear. The YMCA distributed this poster as part of the United War Work Campaign. #EmbattledEmblems
The Ships are Coming (1917) by James Daugherty, one of the 40 posters on view in #EmbattledEmblems. #WWI #TBT
Gift of Mrs. Ben Hagen
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