Mother, I promised to read it every day YMCA Bible study week Jan. 5th to 12th / John F. Butler. – Vintage Wall Art
![Mother, I promised to read it every day YMCA Bible study week Jan. 5th to 12th / John F. Butler., [1917 or 1918]. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/51bea8d5dbe9-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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Mother, I promised to read it every day YMCA Bible study week Jan. 5th to 12th / John F. Butler. 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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Mother, I promised to read it every day YMCA Bible study week Jan. 5th to 12th / John F. Butler.
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Its title reads like a promise made at the family table: a soldier telling his mother he will read the Bible every day. The lithograph was made to promote the YMCA's Bible study week, held January 5 to 12, probably in 1917 or 1918. During the First World War the Y ran huts, canteens and reading rooms for American troops in camps and overseas, and it encouraged religious reading as a way to keep young men steady far from home. The poster's appeal rests on that domestic bond between a worried mother and a son away at war.
| Created / published | [1917 or 1918]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 71 x 55 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | YMCA of the USA. World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States. Reading--1910-1920. Bibles--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,720 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220973 |
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