The American government put a lot of thought and artistic talent into creating posters to try and recruit women for nurse service through the Red Cross. It only makes sense that they would put just as much effort in attempting to recruit women to fix up the American boys when they get wounded in the war effort. Here are 30 awesome vintage military nurse recruiting posters for the Red Cross:
From explosive images of jets shooting down enemies to using celebrities like Abbott and Costello, the Air Force has long been thinking up every which way to tell you that Uncle Sam wants you to join the Air Force right now. Here are 25 of our favorite vintage Air Force recruitment posters:
More like “Life of 12,000 Pies.”
An astounding look inside the penal system in America.
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An intriguing look at the geographical distribution and disparities of the obesity epidemic in America.
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Stanton, Iowa was home to the actress Virginia Christine, who played Folgers’ Mrs. Olson on television commercials, so the town’s natural choice for water tower design was obviously coffee related. Both water towers reside within city limits and are certainly two-of-a-kind. The coffee pot design holds 40,000 gallons of coffee, while the cup and saucer design holds 2,400,000 cups of coffee or 150,000 gallons. Both towers hold the title of World’s Largest Coffee Cup and Coffee Pot, respectively.
Source: Card Cow, http://www.cardcow.com/152562/pineapple-water-tower-honolulu-hawaii/
In this video from the 1930s, Confederate veterans step up to the mic and let out their version of the fearsome rallying cry.
How one biology teacher in Tennessee teaches creationism and evolution in his science class.
A North Korean documentary chronicles the hypocrisy and savageness of American culture.
Yeah, the Fourth may be old news now, but that doesn’t mean listening to Hugh Laurie wax poetic on the ‘land of the free’ is.