Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim. – Vintage Poster 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! / Louis Oppenheim.
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Here a German savings bank is cast as the country's best investment, with a steel helmet placed among coins to tie the bond drive to the front. Louis Oppenheim's 1917 color lithograph is a Kriegsanleihe, or war loan, poster. Germany financed much of its First World War effort by selling government bonds to its own citizens, and posters like this urged ordinary savers to lend their money to the state. The pairing of money with military imagery shows how the appeal framed financial support as patriotic duty.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 59 x 44 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany. War bonds & funds--Germany--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. Money--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 720 × 892 px |
| Reference | 797_Die_beste_Sparkasse_Kri_1917.tif-S |
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