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Nurses, the Call from No Man's Land Is "Come Across", 1917 US poster: A large red cross above a red and blue bordered panel

Nurses, the Call from No Man's Land Is "Come Across"

A large red cross above a red and blue bordered panel carries only typography: 'Nurses', then 'the Call from No Man's Land is "Come Across"'. There is no figure or scene; the Red Cross emblem and the soldier's-voice slogan do the work of the appeal.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalities
Date
1917
Period
First World War
Made by
American Red Cross
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
NGO
Regime
Wilson Administration
Leader
Woodrow Wilson
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Recruit
Themes
War and the military, Health, Gender and suffrage
Event
World War I
Regime
Wilson administration
Leader
Woodrow Wilson
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
American Red Cross (attribution inferred from emblem). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-220.

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

Nurses
the Call from
No Man's Land
is
"Come Across"

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