V – Vintage Poster
(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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A window into the past: V, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A bold letter V fills the center of this 1917 lithograph, a victory sign that sets it apart from the many war posters of its day that urged Americans to buy bonds. The Czechoslovak Recruiting Office in New York issued it during the years when the independence movement was seeking support among Czechoslovak communities abroad and among the Allies. Wentworth Institute in Boston designed and printed it as one of a numbered series of posters. Its subject headings tie it to the economic side of the war, when the United States financed its part in the conflict through war bond drives.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Issued by Czechoslovak Recruiting Office New York. Designed and printed at Wentworth Institute Boston. Wentworth poster no. 10. Promotional goal: U.S. J2. 1918. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Victory sign--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 720 × 892 px |
| Reference | 1176_V_1917.tif-S |
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