Voila les Ameacutericains! – Historic Print
(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 Voila les Ameacutericains!, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Voila les Ameacutericains!
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Its title, *Voilà les Américains!*, which translates as "Here are the Americans!", points to the moment it was made. Signed by Saunier and dated 1917, it appeared the same year the United States entered the war against Germany in April, as the first American troops were reaching France that summer. The record tags the print with American and German military personnel and with fear, suggesting that the arrival of fresh American forces was meant to unsettle the enemy. Posters like this were often designed to lift morale at home and to shape how the other side viewed the newcomers.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (color lettering) ; 51 x 66 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Here are the Americans! Signed: Saunier. Promotional goal: Fr. J48. 1917. Item is no. 146 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AFE · Bayerische Volkspartei funder/sponsorRehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--American. World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--German. Fear--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,791 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 885_Voila_les_Ameacutericai_1917 |
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