Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. – Historic Reproduction
(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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This vintage poster of Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y.
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This 1917 poster ties the Statue of Liberty and newly arrived immigrants to a call for war bonds. Its catalog record also lists a ship's deck, a reminder that many immigrants reached New York by sea. It promotes the Second Liberty Loan, the government's bond drive that followed the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917. Liberty Bonds were marketed to ordinary citizens as a patriotic duty, and posters like this one, printed by the New York firm Sackett & Wilhelms, were a main way the campaign reached the public.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 9. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Immigrants--United States--1910-1920. Decks (Ships)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 774 × 1,157 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223248 |
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