Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill
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Uncle Sam, a clock, and a farming scene come together in this 1918 color lithograph, which pairs the poster's "Get your hoe ready!" caption with a headline announcing Congress's passage of a daylight saving bill. Congress approved the measure that March as a wartime step to conserve coal and fuel while the United States was fighting in Europe. Farmers, who had to adjust their work to the shifted clock, were among its loudest critics, and the law was repealed in 1919. The artist signed only with a monogram, so the maker remains unidentified.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 95 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | Caption: Get your hoe ready! Unidentified artists monogram. Title from item. · Clarence H. White School of Photography. Rockefeller Center. |
| Subjects | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Clocks & watches--1910-1920. Daylight savings--1910-1920. Farming--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,013 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 584_Victory_Congress_passes_1918 |
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