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Collection StructurePoster collection
> Mercy ships for children ... evacuation from England of about 200,000 children ... Nobody can send ships for these children unless the American government acts ... "The Neutrality Act was never intended to prevent such missions of mercy" ... To that end, we appeal to American men and women everywhere to join with us in making the voice of America heard. Write or telegraph the President of the United States: "Send ships!" ...
Item Title
Mercy ships for children ... evacuation from England of about 200,000 children ... Nobody can send ships for these children unless the American government acts ... "The Neutrality Act was never intended to prevent such missions of mercy" ... To that end, we appeal to American men and women everywhere to join with us in making the voice of America heard. Write or telegraph the President of the United States: "Send ships!" ...
Collection TitlePoster collection
Issuing Body
American Women's Committee for the Release of Ships for European Children
Publisher
New York Times
Date CreatedJuly 17, 1940
Description
Four photographs, one of a painting and three of British children awaiting evacuation from the bombing.
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Country of Origin
Place PublishedNew York, United States
Country of OriginUnited States
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
black and white
Hoover IDPoster US 3251
Record NumberXX343.26480
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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