Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim. – Antique 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 Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim.
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The title, "Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe!", reads "The best savings bank: war bonds!", a pitch that makes the state's war loan sound safer than any bank account. Louis Oppenheim's color lithograph pairs the idea of savings with helmets and money, the two things the German government needed from its citizens in 1917. Germany financed much of its fighting through a series of war loans, and posters like this one urged ordinary people to lend their savings to the state as a patriotic duty. Oppenheim was a Berlin graphic artist known for his wartime posters, and this one shows how propaganda turned personal thrift into support for the front.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 59 x 44 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany. War bonds & funds--Germany--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. Money--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,041 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1091_Die_beste_Sparkasse_Kri_1917 |
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