Serbia
A woman in Serbian dress shades her eyes and looks to the sky while a weeping boy clings to her side, over the single word 'SERBIA'. The poster gives no text of appeal; the mother and child stand in for the whole country and its wartime suffering.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Not printed on the sheet (U.S. wartime relief poster; artist Estelle M. Kerr)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front, Health
- 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
Not printed on the sheet (U.S. wartime relief poster; artist Estelle M. Kerr). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-287.
Text on the object
ESTELLE M. KERR SERBIA
'Estelle M. Kerr' is the artist's signature at lower left; a small pencil mark at lower right is illegible.
