Emprunt franccedilaise on souscrit aacute la Socieacuteteacute Centrale des Banques de Province – Historic Print
(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 Emprunt franccedilaise on souscrit aacute la Socieacuteteacute Centrale des Banques de Province. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Emprunt franccedilaise on souscrit aacute la Socieacuteteacute Centrale des Banques de Province
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A 1916 color lithograph pairs a rooster and a coat of arms with a direct appeal to subscribe to a French war loan. The poster promotes subscriptions through the Société Centrale des Banques de Province, a group of provincial banks whose name points to the regional networks that helped sell government bonds to ordinary savers. By 1916, France was financing a costly war largely through borrowing, and posters like this one presented lending to the state as a patriotic duty. The rooster, a long-standing symbol of France, gives the design its national character.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 120 x 78 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: French Loan. Subscribe to the Socieacuteteacute Centrale des Banques de Province. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1916. Item is no. 80 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Ente nazionale industrie turistiche (Italy) funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | Coats of arms--1910-1920. Roosters--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,803 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 591_Emprunt_franccedilaise_1916 |
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