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128. Anon: YMCA 1918.
Poster shows servicemen supporting the YMCA logo with map of Florida dotted with palms overhead. Vignettes of soldiers charging from trenches despite barbed wire ahead and a comforting Y hut seen below.
28x40 ML $1250.
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Title a quote from a soldier "over there" in a YMCA Dugout. Sandbagged Y dugout offered stationery, games and books. The Y is described as a "Big Brother" helping the troops through training and combat. Donors were asked to contribute pianos, talking machines and records.
38x24 NML $385.
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Poster for campaign to raise money for Y to "Keep the Homes Fires Burning" in the hearts of our soldier boys.... for the gravest danger of the war is that our boys may not keep true to these home ideals." The Y built 500 huts ’warm, cheerful centers of friendliness where soldiers find pleasant social recreation.’
38x24 NML $385.
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The warmth of a YMCA welcome is reflected on deep snow as servicemen approach their home over there in this appeal for amenities for the over 2000 YMCA social centers. Y huts had pianos for sing-alongs, talking machines and records, chess, checker boards and bibles.
Rawls 164. 41x28 NML $285.
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A YMCA volunteer stands in front of the YMCA’s logo that forms a structured backdrop for this poster soliciting viewer donations. Instead of a tin cup asking for money she offers coffee and books displaying an appealing combination of patriotism and innocent beauty.
Rawls 165. Now rare. 42x30 NML $1100.
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Mother and child protected by medical caduceus contained within the Y symbol. In Greek mythology the caduceus was a winged staff with two serpents twined around its length. The staff is associated with Hermes, the god of commerce, invention, cunning and theft and the patron of travelers.
46x30 NML $375.
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Beautiful image by one of the top poster artists of the World War I era. The YWCA encouraged young women to take over the chores of farmers who were serving with the armed forces. Here a lovely girl leads the powerful draft horses that bring in the fall harvest.
Scarce, 30x25 ANML $2500.
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YMCA telephone operator works at her switchboard somewhere behind the Western Front while doughboys move up in the background. The U. S. set up a network of telephones in France that allowed commanders to direct soldiers in battle in real time; this was a first in U.S. army history.
Rawls 260. 28x22 ML $485.
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Factory girl, wearing a smart cap and overalls, balances a miniature SPAD and an artillery shell in her hands illustrating the skill and versatility of newly minted American women workers. The artist found the model so attractive that he married her.
Hardie & Sabin 66, Rawls 164. 40x30 ANML $650.
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American Y worker holds two staffs, topped with eagles, bearing an impressive array of escutcheons of the forty one countries that united to send volunteers to care for the wounded. Worldwide over 36 million were injured during the war.
Rare. Rawls 146. 40x28 NML $575.