Fighting in France for Freedom! Are YOU Helping at Home? – Antique Print
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Step back in time with Fighting in France for Freedom! Are YOU Helping at Home?, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Fighting in France for Freedom! Are YOU Helping at Home?
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The headline sets a pointed question against a call to sacrifice: soldiers were fighting in France, and the poster asks whether civilians at home are doing their share. Posters like this were a common feature of the 1918 home front, when governments ran campaigns to sell war bonds, conserve food, and recruit volunteers for war work. The capitalized "YOU" and the exclamation point were meant to make each reader feel personally responsible, tying everyday choices like buying bonds, saving wheat and sugar, or planting a garden to the men overseas.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Original scan | 4,628 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 463_Fighting_in_France_for_1918 |
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