Be a cadet nurse

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number ARTV01281
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 71 x 41 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description Offset lithograph on paper
Maker Whitcomb, Jon
US Office Of War Information
U.S. Government Printing Office
Place made United States of America: New York
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

United States Second World War recruitment poster for nurses. Designed by Jon Whitcomb, the poster was published by the US Department of Health and Human Services and distributed by the US Office of War Information. The poster features two attractive nurses, one in military uniform in the foreground and the other in nurse uniform. The text located in the lower half of the poster is an advertisement for the benefits of becoming a cadet nurse.