The camp library is yours - Read to win the war / F. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures The camp library is yours - Read to win the war / F. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The camp library is yours - Read to win the war / F.
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The poster's promise that "the camp library is yours" and that books are "free" and "no red tape" speaks directly to the enlisted men it was meant for. Issued in 1917, it was part of the American Library Association's Library War Service, which set up libraries in army camps and training centers after the United States entered the First World War. The association gathered donated books and placed them in recreation halls, where soldiers could borrow them on the spot. Posters like this one tied reading to morale and self-improvement, framing a good book as a way to "advance.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 83 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: You will find popular books for fighting men in the recreational buildings and at other points in this camp. Free. No red tape. Open every day. Good reading will help you advance. Library War Service American Library Association. · American Library Association funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military life--United States. Soldiers--1910-1920. Reading--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,736 × 4,647 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1279_The_camp_library_is_you_1917 |
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