Women-- our wounded need your care! : you can serve as medical technicians, surgical technicians, and other Army hospital assignments : join a hospital company ... Women's Army Corps.

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Color illustration of a woman in a blue uniform dress and brown shoes, carrying a silver tray with a white cloth draped over it. Behind her are faint images of hospital beds. At right is a small image of two silver discs, one showing the head of Pallas Athene and the other showing a caduceus.

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1 poster : col. ; 64 x 43 cm.

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United States. Army. 1945.

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  • Main Title: Women-- our wounded need your care! : you can serve as medical technicians, surgical technicians, and other Army hospital assignments : join a hospital company ... Women's Army Corps.
  • Series Title: American War Posters

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Color illustration of a woman in a blue uniform dress and brown shoes, carrying a silver tray with a white cloth draped over it. Behind her are faint images of hospital beds. At right is a small image of two silver discs, one showing the head of Pallas Athene and the other showing a caduceus.

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1 poster : col. ; 64 x 43 cm.

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Additional text on poster:
"Other assignments available at Army Air Forces, Ground Forces, and Service Forces installations"
"For information apply to any U.S. Army Recruiting Station or your local Postmaster"

The Greek goddess Pallas Athene was the symbol of the Women's Army Corps. (Source: U.S. Army Women's Museum, http://www.history.army.mil/html/museums/showcase/women/awm_03.html)

"P-164-RPB p 2-20-45-200M"

Listed in 1945 Monthly Catalog, p. 675.

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This poster title is also listed in the Monthly Catalog 1945-46 Supplement, entry no. 7 (without dimensions given, Sudoc no. W 3.46/8:163). Title is also listed twice in the Checklist.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 550
  • Government Documents No.: W 3.46/1:H 79
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 WAC 1
  • OCLC: 54915278
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2851435 | View in Discover
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc215

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1945

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  • June 13, 2006, 11:49 a.m.

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  • April 23, 2018, 12:58 p.m.

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United States. Army. Women-- our wounded need your care! : you can serve as medical technicians, surgical technicians, and other Army hospital assignments : join a hospital company ... Women's Army Corps., poster, 1945; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc215/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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