And they thought we couldnt fight - Victory Liberty Loan / Clyde Forsythe Ketterlinus Phila. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: And they thought we couldnt fight - Victory Liberty Loan / Clyde Forsythe Ketterlinus Phila., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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And they thought we couldnt fight - Victory Liberty Loan / Clyde Forsythe Ketterlinus Phila.
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And they thought we couldn't fight" puts a taunt in the poster's title, aimed at doubters abroad and at home, and pairs it with a helmeted soldier to sell the war bonds it advertises. Liberty Loan drives were the U.S. government's way of raising money for the First World War, so posters like this one had to persuade ordinary citizens to lend part of their savings to the war effort. This color lithograph was printed by Ketterlinus in Philadelphia and carries the artist's name, Clyde Forsythe, who was a well-known illustrator of the period. Its subject headings also point to the war's economic side and to the soldiers and equipment that bond money was meant to support.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | No. 5-CC. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Soldiers--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,763 × 4,681 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1090_And_they_thought_we_cou_1917 |
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