Hun or home? Buy more Liberty Bonds / Raleigh. – Vintage 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 Hun or home? Buy more Liberty Bonds / Raleigh., 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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Hun or home? Buy more Liberty Bonds / Raleigh.
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The title of this 1918 Chicago lithograph poses a blunt choice, "Hun or home?", and asks viewers to answer it by buying Liberty Bonds. Printed by Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., it belongs to the Liberty Loan campaigns, when the federal government sold bonds to help finance American participation in World War I. The record lists subjects that include mothers, children and German soldiers, a pairing that used fear of enemy threat to make the purchase feel like a personal duty to protect home and family.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 75 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | No. 9-B. · Straight Willard Dickerman 1880-1918 collector. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Mothers & children--1910-1920. Threats--1910-1920. Soldiers--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,042 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 535_Hun_or_home_Buy_more_Li_1918 |
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