Red Cross Nurse
A nurse in a Red Cross headdress and apron reaches an open hand toward the viewer while soldiers march behind her carrying the American flag. The sheet carries no slogan, so the appeal rests on the cross emblem, the flag and the marching troops placed together, transferring the army's standing to the relief organisation.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Health, War and the military
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-219.
Text on the object
Harrison Fisher [artist's signature, lower right]
The only lettering on the sheet is the signature; the title is NARA's.
