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Emprunt de la Paix. Crédit Lyonnais – Antique Print

Emprunt de la Paix. Crédit Lyonnais, Paris : Imp. Crété, [1920] — vintage poster
Emprunt de la Paix. Crédit Lyonnais, Paris : Imp. Crété, [1920]. Vintage poster from the Barns & Farms collection.

(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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Emprunt de la Paix. Crédit Lyonnais

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A French lithograph from 1920, printed in two colors, this poster promotes the Emprunt de la Paix, or Peace Loan, a government bond drive in the years after World War I. Its subjects are families and farmers, and the design appeals to ordinary people to help pay for rebuilding the country. The bonds were sold through Crédit Lyonnais, one of France's largest banks, and the record credits the design to the artist Chavannaz. Posters like this one were a common tool for turning wartime patriotism into peacetime investment.

Created / publishedParis : Imp. Crété, [1920]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors) ; 120 x 80 cm.
GenreLithographs Color 1910-1920.War posters French 1910-1920.
NotesTranslation of title: Peace Loan. Crédit Lyonnais. Signed: Chavannaz. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920. Item is no. 12 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR
SubjectsFamilies--1910-1920. Farmers--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,785 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-214181

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