If you can't enlist--invest Buy Liberty bonds--See your bank today. – Antique Print
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(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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Step back in time with If you can't enlist--invest Buy Liberty bonds--See your bank today., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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If you can't enlist--invest Buy Liberty bonds--See your bank today.
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Here the Statue of Liberty is put to work as a salesperson, her image standing in for the nation while the text offers a second route to service: anyone who cannot enlist can buy Liberty bonds at the local bank. The United States entered the First World War in April 1917, and the government financed much of its effort through Liberty Loan bond drives like this one. Pairing a national monument with a plain financial appeal was typical of these campaigns, which presented lending money to the government as a civic duty open to everyone at home.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 69 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,334 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222402 |
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