For you - they are giving their lives over there--For them - you must give every cent you can spare / Charles W. Bartlett. – Antique 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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This rare vintage poster captures For you - they are giving their lives over there--For them - you must give every cent you can spare / Charles W. Bartlett. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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For you - they are giving their lives over there--For them - you must give every cent you can spare / Charles W. Bartlett.
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This poster stands out because it was printed in Hawaii, by the Hawaiian Gazette Co. of Honolulu, rather than in one of the mainland American print shops that produced most wartime posters. Its slogan sets those "giving their lives over there" against those at home who must "give every cent you can spare," a direct appeal to civilians to fund the war effort through the American Red Cross. In 1918, Red Cross drives and Liberty Bond campaigns asked ordinary Americans to pay for relief work, supplies, and government borrowing, and posters like this one carried that message into streets, shops, and public buildings.
| Created / published | Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd., Engravers & Printers, 1918. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 94 x 59 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,649 × 4,502 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221531 |
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