Poster, Political

Object/Artifact

-

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Poster, Political

Entry/Object ID

AX2002.0002.0001

Description

31" x 18" WWI poster mounted on paper board. Poster sponsored by the YWCA with picture of a woman in uniform at a telephone switch-board with soldier behind her. Printing says "Back our girls over there". United War Work Campaign. Cream background with colored picture and lettering. Discolored and soiled but intact and still clear. Painted by Clarence F. Underwood. Poster probably made between 1917 and Nov. 1918. To be stored with Art Collection - Artifact Store room.

Collection

Military

Acquisition

Accession

AX2002.0002

Source or Donor

unknown

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1917 - 1918

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Poster, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Poster, Political, Advertising Medium, World War I, WWI