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The Spirit of America

Item

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Title

The Spirit of America

Description

Successor of the “Gibson Girl,” Howard Chandler Christy’s (1873-1952) interpretation put his leading lady into wartime service for the United States Navy, Marines, and Red Cross, as seem here. Christy would become one of the Jazz Age’s most popular portrait painters

Source

The Filson Historical Society Print Collection

Publisher

American Red Cross

Date

1919

Format

posters

Identifier

PR2070.0069

Citation

Christy, Howard Chandler, “The Spirit of America,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 26, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/1170.

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