Hero land! Grand Central Palace Nov. 24 - Dec. 12. Admission 50 cents – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Hero land! Grand Central Palace Nov. 24 - Dec. 12. Admission 50 cents, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hero land! Grand Central Palace Nov. 24 - Dec. 12. Admission 50 cents
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Marianne, the allegorical figure of the French Republic, dominates this color lithograph, which advertises a show titled "Hero land!" at New York's Grand Central Palace, open November 24 to December 12 for 50 cents admission. Printed in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, it reflects the wartime interest in French symbols and in the Allied cause. The poster is signed by an artist recorded as A. Rapeño of Paris. The record does not say what the exhibition presented, but the large, bold design shows how commercial and patriotic messages often overlapped in posters of that era.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 90 x 129 cm. |
| Notes | Signed: A. Rapentildeo Paris. Promotional goal: Fr. K80.J7. 1917? Item is no. 282 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. MH · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Marianne (French emblem)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 901 × 613 px |
| Reference | 990_Hero_land_Grand_Central_1917.tif-S |
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