You--Buy a Liberty bond lest I perish / C.R. Macauley. – Vintage Print
![You--Buy a Liberty bond lest I perish / C.R. Macauley., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2e/2e291ee04f6d-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: You--Buy a Liberty bond lest I perish / C.R. Macauley., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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You--Buy a Liberty bond lest I perish / C.R. Macauley.
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A lithograph from 1917 casts the Statue of Liberty as the one asking for help. Its caption, "You--Buy a Liberty bond lest I perish," turns the monument into a plea addressed directly to the viewer. The United States had entered the First World War in April 1917, and the federal government raised money for the war through Liberty Loans, a series of bond drives sold to ordinary citizens. Posters like this one, signed by C.R. Macauley and carrying the slogan "Get behind the government," were displayed widely to persuade people to lend their savings to the cause. The poster shows how wartime artists used a familiar national symbol to make a financial appeal feel personal.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Includes insignia Get behind the government. Liberty Loan of 1917."" |
| Subjects | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,513 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221502 |
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