c.1943 This Year I’m Giving Double Red Cross War Fund WWII era Wendell Kling

Date: c.1943
Artist: Kling, Wendell
Size (in): 28” x 22”
Size (cm): 71 x 56
Condition: B+
Linen backed: No

This vintage original WWII era poster was issued by the American Red Cross to promote donations to the Red Cross War Fund campaigns. These annual campaigns during WWII were hugely successful and helps raise many millions of dollars in what President Franklin Roosevelt called “greatest single crusade of mercy in all of history”. This poster by Wendell Kling feature flashing a smile as he shows of his Red Cross badge under the tagline THIS year…I’m giving double!.

This poster is folded as issued and in very good condition overall with just light toning from age and modest handling wear. This poster has single pinhole on each corner and overall condition is very good.