The government asks you to do your Xmas shopping early--Do it now / Haskell Coffin American Lithographic Co. N.Y. – 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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The government asks you to do your Xmas shopping early--Do it now / Haskell Coffin American Lithographic Co. N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The government asks you to do your Xmas shopping early--Do it now / Haskell Coffin American Lithographic Co. N.Y.
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Its title makes the appeal plain: the government asks shoppers to buy Christmas gifts early, and to do it now. Issued in 1918 and printed by the American Lithographic Company of New York from a design by Haskell Coffin, the poster reflects a wartime problem. Railroads were strained by troop and freight movements, so officials urged the public to spread holiday buying and shipping across the autumn instead of crowding it into the last weeks of December. It belongs to the wider home-front campaigns of the First World War, when Americans were asked to economize and cooperate with federal directives.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Copyright R.D.G.A. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,660 × 4,540 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1391_The_government_asks_you_1918 |
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