Germany watches! The war ends quickest with the Liberty Loan soonest sold--Do your bit and do it now! – Vintage Print
![Germany watches! The war ends quickest with the Liberty Loan soonest sold--Do your bit and do it now!, [1917?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3e/3ecd6c559125-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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Germany watches! The war ends quickest with the Liberty Loan soonest sold--Do your bit and do it now! comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Germany watches! The war ends quickest with the Liberty Loan soonest sold--Do your bit and do it now!
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Germany watches!" is the headline that sets this Liberty Loan poster apart from the many bond appeals of 1917 and 1918, and its fine print sends readers to the Liberty Loan Committee of the Third Federal District in Philadelphia. The United States entered the First World War in April 1917, and the government financed much of its war effort through Liberty Bonds sold to ordinary citizens in repeated drives. Posters like this one paired appeals to personal duty with the threat of an enemy, directing subscribers to banks, employers and trust companies. The helmet listed in its subject headings points to the German military imagery the design draws on.
| Created / published | [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Any bank, banker or trust company will furnish full details and accept your subscription. Or, ask your employer how you can subscribe your share. Or, the folder of complete information will be mailed free by the Liberty Loan Committee, Third Federal District, 108 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,413 × 3,537 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1093_Germany_watches_The_war_1917 |
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