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Auction History Result 9g161 INDORSE YMCA WORK linen 24x38 WWI war poster 1917 art of President Wilson, who indorses them! Date Sold 8/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 23 1/2" x 37 1/2" [60 x 95 cm]) (Learn More) Indorse Y.M.C.A. Work, the 1917 U.S. World War I (WWI) Home Front poster ("Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other National Leaders Indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work."; "To 'Keep The Home Fires Burning' in the hearts of our soldier boys, the Y.M.C.A. has pledged its service to the Government. A National War Work Council of 200 leading citizens has been organized to help direct Physical, Educational, Social and Religious activities among enlisted men. Wherever American troops gathered among French, Russian and Italian soldiers, and in Prisoner-of-War camps, the Red Triangle of the Y.M.C.A. goes to help safeguard the home ideals. For the gravest danger of this war is that our boys may not keep true to these home ideals. 500 huts have been built - warm, cheerful centers of friendliness where the soldiers find pleasant social recreation and relief from the hard, cold, camp life. The cost of carrying on this work is tremendous. Already $5,000,000 has been used. But the amount is insignificant compared to the unique service rendered and the present need."; "35,000,000 needed at least to conduct this work to July 1st 1918. You can help"; "National Campaign November 11-19 National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States"; "Write for free illustrated booklet giving further information"; "President Wilson who has issued a general order giving Y.M.C.A. work an official standing in the Army and Navy, says: 'May I not express the very high value I have attached to the work accomplished by the Y.M.C.A. and my sincere personal interest in the large plans of the War Work Council for the work still ahead of the Association?'"; "Ex-President Taft says: 'We should feel proud of the Y.M.C.A. work, which is directed so ably. Are we going to be backward in giving our men the nearest thing they can get to a Christian home on the firing line?'"; "Ex-President Roosevelt says: 'What the Y.M.C.A. has been doing in Europe has been really remarkable and now our citizens should aid them to do work of the same type for our own troops.'"; "Secretary of War Baker says: 'The Y.M.C.A.'s capacity for mobilization on a large scale and the readiness with which it has fitted itself to the needs of the troops make it an indispensable factor in any future military plans. Its influence in rationalizing the strange environment into which this crisis has plunged our young men has been and will be most beneficial.'"; "Secretary of Navy Daniels says: 'From every standpoint - military, political, moral - it is our duty to protect these youths, so we can say to the mothers when the war is over, 'We return your sons as worthy your family circle as when they left it.'"; "General Pershing says: 'The greatest service America can immediately render France is to extend Association work to the entire French Army.'") encouraging citizens to support the YMCA, and featuring John F. Butler art of President Woodrow Wilson, and soldiers heading towards a YMCA building. In addition, the poster features endorsements of the YMCA (the word "Indorse" is on the poster!) by not only President Wilson, but also by "Ex-President Taft", "Ex-President Roosevelt", Secretary of War Baker, Secretary of Navy Daniels, and General Pershing! Artist: John F. Butler Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was mounted onto a thin linen with no excess (this was almost surely done soon after it was created). There are smudges and small tears around the edges. It was also folded across the middle, and there is some wear on that fold, and a few small stains scattered in the text areas of the image, but nothing significant. The poster could be displayed and enjoyed just as it is, or certainly, it could be removed from the old linen and professionally backed. Learn More about condition grades 
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