Salvation Army United War Work Campaign Poster

Salvation Army United War Work Campaign Poster

This is a poster for the Salvation Army, created under the United War Work Campaign. It reads "Oh, Boy! That's the Girl! The Salvation Army Lassie / Keep Her on the Job / Nov. 11th-18th 1918." In the background, a woman can be seen carrying a tray of donuts, while a young soldier smiles approvingly.
Salvation Army lassies were women who distributed fresh donuts to those in the armed forces. At first, they were only able to serve 150 donuts a day, but this number soon increased to 2,500-9000. Eventually, they also provided other baked goods such as apple pies. These donuts not only satisfied a physical hunger, but they also comforted the soldiers.
 
President Woodrow Wilson created the United War Work Campaign to raise money for war relief efforts both in the United States and abroad. Originally, eleven organizations participated, but that number settled at seven. The final agencies involved were the "National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Army.”

George Mather Richards

1918

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Link: Library of Congress

Source: Doughnut: The Official Story. (n.d.).World War I - Trenches on the Web. Retrieved October 12, 2012, from http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/doughnut.

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Medium: Poster.

English

Poster

Salvation Army, United War Work Campaign, Donuts, World War I, War Relief, War

Historic