Lend your money to your government Buy a United States government bond, second Liberty Loan of 1917, U.S. Treasury will pay you interest every six months. – Vintage Wall Art
![Lend your money to your government Buy a United States government bond, second Liberty Loan of 1917, U.S. Treasury will pay you interest every six months., N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1917]. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d05e65c010f-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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A window into the past: Lend your money to your government Buy a United States government bond, second Liberty Loan of 1917, U.S. Treasury will pay you interest every six months., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lend your money to your government Buy a United States government bond, second Liberty Loan of 1917, U.S. Treasury will pay you interest every six months.
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Rather than rallying troops, this poster asks ordinary citizens to lend money to their government: buy a United States bond, and the Treasury will pay interest every six months. It was issued for the second Liberty Loan, the 1917 drive that helped finance American participation in the First World War. The record links the design to the Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C., a reminder that the bond sales were run through federal finance offices. Posters like this one appeared in banks, shops and public buildings, turning a war loan into a personal investment.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1917]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 91 x 121 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 7. |
| Subjects | United States.--Dept. of the Treasury--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,453 × 3,558 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221494 |
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