Are You Saving for the Children? Buy War Savings Certificates – Antique Wall Art
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Step back in time with Are You Saving for the Children? Buy War Savings Certificates, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Are You Saving for the Children? Buy War Savings Certificates
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Its direct question to the viewer, "Are you saving for the children?", recasts a request for money as a matter of parental duty. The poster belongs to the drive to sell War Savings Certificates, a scheme the British government launched in 1916 to borrow from ordinary citizens as the war's costs grew. Appeals like this one often leaned on family feeling as much as patriotism, tying a small regular deposit to a child's future. Its 1917 date places it in the war's hardest years, when the state looked increasingly to working households to help pay for the fighting.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 4,030 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 879_Are_you_saving_for_the_1917 |
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