4 Minute men--A message from Washington / H. Devit Welsh. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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: 4 Minute men--A message from Washington / H. Devit Welsh., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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4 Minute men--A message from Washington / H. Devit Welsh.
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This 1917 poster lithograph shows a town crier in colonial dress calling out at Independence Hall, which places a World War I appeal in the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The message comes from the Four Minute Men, volunteers organized by the federal Committee on Public Information to give short patriotic talks on the war in movie houses, churches and other public gatherings. The poster links that wartime speaking effort to the town criers who once spread news through colonial streets. Its artist, H. Devit Welsh, uses the old figure to suggest that the work of informing the public was as important in 1917 as it had been in 1776.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Committee on Public Information.--Division of Four Minute Men. Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Propaganda--American--1910-1920. Town criers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1770-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,167 × 1,468 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216915 |
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