Pour le drapeau Pour la – Vintage Print
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This rare historic image captures Pour le drapeau Pour la in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Pour le drapeau Pour la
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Pour le drapeau" ("For the flag") is the phrase that gives this 1917 piece its message, a direct appeal to loyalty and sacrifice in the French tongue. By 1917 France was in its third year of a war that had already cost enormous numbers of lives at Verdun and the Somme, and the government and private publishers relied heavily on posters and printed images to sustain morale, encourage enlistment, and promote war bonds. Images of this kind often pair a rallying slogan with symbols of the nation, so they are worth reading both for their words and for what they assumed about the public who saw them.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 2,797 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 939_Pour_le_drapeau_Pour_la_1917 |
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