Und eure Pflicht? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe / Horrmeyer 18. – 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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This vintage poster of Und eure Pflicht? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe / Horrmeyer 18. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Und eure Pflicht? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe / Horrmeyer 18.
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Und eure Pflicht?" ("And your duty?") asks the viewer to answer for the war effort in a way that many war-loan appeals do not. Published in Berlin in 1918 by Hollerbaum & Schmidt and credited to an artist named Horrmeyer, this color lithograph urges readers to subscribe to the Kriegsanleihe, or war loan. Germany financed much of its fighting through a series of such loans between 1914 and 1918, and posters like this one were a major way of persuading ordinary citizens to lend their savings to the state. The catalog also links the poster to war casualties, a reminder of the human cost behind the appeal for money.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 70 x 47 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. On bottom of poster: Bestellewort: Kopf. 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. War casualties--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,012 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1706_Und_eure_Pflicht_Zeichn_1918 |
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