La puissance militaire de la France – Vintage Wall Art
(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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La puissance militaire de la France comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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La puissance militaire de la France
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Produced by the army's cinematographic section, this 1918 color lithograph links the nation's military strength to moving pictures. At roughly 157 by 231 centimeters, the poster was built for large public walls, and its title, *The Military Power of France*, states its claim plainly. Army filming units of the First World War documented combat and daily life for newsreels and for audiences at home and abroad, so the poster belongs to the same effort to shape how the war was seen. It is signed by an artist recorded only as Smid LJ, and its listed subjects, French military personnel and battlefields, reflect the period's focus on the soldier and the front.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 157 x 231 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: The military power of France. Cinematographic section of the French army. Signed: Smid LJ. Promotional goal: Fr. K83.J7. 1918. Item is no. 285 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. Poster is folded and in a C size mylar sleeve. MH · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. World War 1914-1918--Battlefields. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,840 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1506_La_puissance_militaire_1918 |
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