Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond – Antique Print
![Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/3717de1b465c-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.)
Description
This vintage poster of Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond
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A sunset over the Statue of Liberty, with flags in the foreground, gives this 1917 lithograph its urgency, and its slogan, "Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond," turns the evening light into a deadline. The U.S. Treasury sold Liberty Bonds to help finance American participation in the First World War, and loan drives like this one asked ordinary citizens to lend money to the government. Posters of the period often paired patriotic symbols such as the Statue and the flag with a direct call to act, so the image was meant to raise funds as much as to decorate a wall.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Flags--American--1910-1920. Sunrises & sunsets--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 521 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221499 |
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