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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Soldiers, Sailors and Women Guests: Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. Hostess House
Walter Tittle (1883-1966) · Y.W.C.A. hostess houses, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A lithograph Walter Tittle drew for the hostess houses of the Y.W.C.A., printed by the Rotoprint Gravure Co. of New York in 1917, 97 by 72 cm.
Why it matters
The hostess house welcomed soldiers and sailors with their women guests, and a paste-on strip at the foot gives four addresses: 30 East 52nd Street and 375 Lexington Avenue in New York, 245 Carlton Avenue in Brooklyn, and 48 Boylston Street in Boston.
What to notice
A soldier and a sailor shake hands while a woman looks on, with the addresses pasted on below.
A handshake, with a chaperone watching.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Walter Tittle (1883-1966)
- Printer / house
- Rotoprint Gravure Co., New York
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Y.W.C.A. hostess houses, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722581 · POS - US .T587, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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