The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Recruitment poster issued by the American Red Cross Society in 1919. Designed by Howard Chandler Christy it features the portrait of a red cross nurse. She is wearing classical dress and bearing the flag of the United States in her left hand and flowers in her right. The flag billows up behind her. The emblem of the red cross is positioned in the lower right corner. The title text printed in dark blue is integrated and layered over the image in the upper left corner and the lower left corner. The model was Nancy Maebelle Palmer, a former Gibson Girl who posed for several recruitment posters for the artist during the war. She modelled for Christy for 8 years from 1912-1919. They married in 1919.
Australian Red Cross Society membership recruitment poster designed by Edith Grieve. Image and text are integrated. In the foreground are (l-r) a girl, woman and man all indicating to membership badge
Australian Red Cross Society membership recruitment poster designed by Edith Grieve. Image and text are integrated. In the foreground are (l-r) a girl, woman and man all indicating to membership badge
Australian Red Cross Society membership recruitment poster designed by Edith Grieve. Image and text are integrated. In the foreground are (l-r) a girl, woman and man all indicating to membership badge
British First World War recruitment poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee (No.64). Depicts the flags of Britain, France, the naval ensign of Russia, and the flag of Belgium as a bac
British First World War recruitment poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee (No.64). Depicts the flags of Britain, France, the naval ensign of Russia, and the flag of Belgium as a bac
First World War recruitment poster issued by the United States Naval Recruitment Bureau. It features a colour reproduction of a painting by Henry Reuterdahl of warships at sea. A seagull hovers in the