Compagnie Algeacuterienne. Souscrire cest hacircter son retour avec la victoire – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Compagnie Algeacuterienne. Souscrire cest hacircter son retour avec la victoire, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Compagnie Algeacuterienne. Souscrire cest hacircter son retour avec la victoire
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Few posters on this wall speak so directly to Algeria's part in the First World War. Printed in 1918 for the Compagnie Algérienne, it urges readers to subscribe to a French war loan, with the line that subscribing means victory and a sooner homecoming for the soldier. Such loans, known as *emprunts de guerre*, helped finance the war, and posters like this one were a standard way the government asked ordinary citizens, including families in Algeria whose men served in the French army, to lend their savings to the nation. Signed by L. Jonas, the color lithograph is worth noticing for its direct appeal to family loyalty.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 114 x 79 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Compagnie Algeacuterienne. To subscribe to [the loan] means victory which will hasten his homecoming. Signed: L. Jonas. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1918. Item is no. 39 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Stenberg Vladimir Avgustovich 1899- artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--Algerian. Families--Algeria--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,772 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 855_Compagnie_Algeacuterien_1918 |
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