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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA. 1919. 30x20 inches. Forbes, Boston. Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; pinholes in corners; creases in image. Paper. Angelic and patriotic, a nurse wrapped in the American flag calls on people to join the Red Cross. During the war, the Red Cross labored not only to raise money (which in the course of two separate pledge drives raised more than $297 million) but also to enroll members. By the end of the war, Red Cross membership "had grown to thirty million, almost one-third of the entire population" (Rawls p. 128). Theofiles 242, Borkan p. 149.
