URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/37583
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Fighting in France for freedom. Are you helping at home? Issued by Connecticut State Council of Defense, State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut. Uncle Sam wants fruit pits and nut shells. They're needed to supply carbon for gas masks, and its [sic] up to you to save them. To do so will cost you nothing but a little effort. The result will be a saving of soldiers' lives. Any Red Cross Chapter will receive these contributions to victory.
Item Title Fighting in France for freedom. Are you helping at home? Issued by Connecticut State Council of Defense, State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut. Uncle Sam wants fruit pits and nut shells. They're needed to supply carbon for gas masks, and its [sic] up to you to save them. To do so will cost you nothing but a little effort. The result will be a saving of soldiers' lives. Any Red Cross Chapter will receive these contributions to victory.
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. Council of National Defense
Publisher Connecticut State Council of Defense
Date Created 1917/1918?
Description Photograph, with caption, of British soldiers going through military drill with gas masks attached.
Subject(s) American National Red Cross United States Recycling (Waste, etc.) Social aspects World War, 1914-1918 Gas masks Supplies and stores
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Published Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 19 in. (40.6 x 48.3 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4354
Record Number XX343.27959
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.