The past is behind us the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918. – Historic Reproduction
(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 The past is behind us the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The past is behind us the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was / Gerrit A. Beneker 1918.
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A handshake anchors this 1918 color lithograph, which carries the line "The past is behind us, the future is ahead," urging viewers to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was. Gerrit A. Beneker designed the poster, and the A. Hoen Company printed it, with the United States Department of Labor as sponsor. Issued the year the war ended, it turns the fighting's aftermath into a call for peace and shared effort. Federal posters like this one were a common way the government addressed the public during and just after the war.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 50 x 37 cm. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. F2. 1918. · United States. Dept. of Labor funder/sponsor.A. Hoen Co. printer. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Peace--United States. Shaking hands--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,302 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1076_The_past_is_behind_us_t_1918 |
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