YMCA Worker in France poster (c. 1918)

Item Information

Title:
YMCA Worker in France poster (c. 1918)
Description:
This World War I poster shows a YMCA war worker holding out a hot beverage and three books. Behind her is the YMCA emblem (an inverted red triangle). The poster reads, “One of the thousand Y.M.C.A. girls in France – United War Work Campaign Nov. 11th to 18th.”
Date:
[1918?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
IMLS YMCA Posters
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
World War, 1914-1918
Triangles
YMCA
Posters
War work
Fund raising
Extent:
42.19in x 28.31in
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/5872
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Publisher:
Grinnell Lith Co. Inc. (NY)
Language:
English
Notes:
The YMCA was an integral partner in the United War Work Campaign, which was started when President Woodrow Wilson suggested the separate American relief organizations "united their forthcoming appeals for funds." The seven organizations involved were the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and Salvation Army. With the full support of the United States government, they planned to raise a total of $170,500,000 during the week of November 11, 1918 (coincidentally the day World War I ended), which they would then divide pro rata according to the percentage each of their seven budgets represented. At the time, this was the biggest drive for funds ever.
Scale is not 1:1 because item was digitized using a Canon EOS Rebel T1i; Extent describes frame size and should be updated once poster is removed from the frame; No master file exists as the poster was photographed through glass and is not of high quality; This poster was donated by Ronad G. Gallagher (Class 1976) and his brothers Tim (class of 1978) and Don (Class of 1975) in honor of his brother, Tom Gallagher who "...passed away one year ago at the age of 66 a victim of Agent Orange as a veteran of the Vietnam War, and an individual who always respected the capabilities, strength and contributions of women."
Identifier:
YMCA-poster-woman-holding-cup