The Girls Reserves YWCA Help Is Put This Billie Triangle Over The Top Basketball
Amazing WWI Girl Reserves recruitment poster put out by the Young Women's Christian Association. It was the first program tailored specifically for teenage girls. Its purpose was to help girls ages 12 to 18 develop a well-balanced personality, grow physically, and to take on social responsibility in order to navigate through the uncertain times of WWI. The Girl Reserves were very popular and continued to grow even after the war had ended. The YWCA used posters to advertise the program and its values to prospective young women and to help aid in Americas fight. Furthermore, this poster shows a young women playing basketball. This is the earliest known poster that shows anyone playing basketball. Scarce!
Measures 21.5x28.5”
Condition- excellent, linen backed. Some restored small tears, small replaced loss top right.
Amazing WWI Girl Reserves recruitment poster put out by the Young Women's Christian Association. It was the first program tailored specifically for teenage girls. Its purpose was to help girls ages 12 to 18 develop a well-balanced personality, grow physically, and to take on social responsibility in order to navigate through the uncertain times of WWI. The Girl Reserves were very popular and continued to grow even after the war had ended. The YWCA used posters to advertise the program and its values to prospective young women and to help aid in Americas fight. Furthermore, this poster shows a young women playing basketball. This is the earliest known poster that shows anyone playing basketball. Scarce!
Measures 21.5x28.5”
Condition- excellent, linen backed. Some restored small tears, small replaced loss top right.
Amazing WWI Girl Reserves recruitment poster put out by the Young Women's Christian Association. It was the first program tailored specifically for teenage girls. Its purpose was to help girls ages 12 to 18 develop a well-balanced personality, grow physically, and to take on social responsibility in order to navigate through the uncertain times of WWI. The Girl Reserves were very popular and continued to grow even after the war had ended. The YWCA used posters to advertise the program and its values to prospective young women and to help aid in Americas fight. Furthermore, this poster shows a young women playing basketball. This is the earliest known poster that shows anyone playing basketball. Scarce!
Measures 21.5x28.5”
Condition- excellent, linen backed. Some restored small tears, small replaced loss top right.
