V--Invest! – Antique Print
![V--Invest!, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c66f5eacc2f-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: V--Invest!, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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V--Invest!
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The bold red diamond behind the words "V Invest!" gives this 1917 poster its striking center, and the letter V appears to play on the idea of victory. Posters like this were part of the home-front effort after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, when the government needed private money to fund the war through Liberty Loan bond sales. Designers relied on bright flat colors and short, direct lettering so the message could be read quickly from across a street or a train platform. It is a useful reminder that the war was fought on civilian streets as well as overseas.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 61 x 60 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | V-306. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Victory sign--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,810 × 4,735 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221532 |
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![Remember [...] and invest Victory Liberty Loan, Woman's Liberty Loan Committee / J.M.H. ; Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., N.Y.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d3/d3ebfac5fc24-400.webp)
