Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom / W. T. Benda. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom / W. T. Benda., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom / W. T. Benda.
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Few First World War recruiting posters speak so directly to a single community, and this one carries its text in both English and Polish. Artist W. T. Benda shows armored knights from the nation's past marching under the words "motherland and freedom," urging Polish Americans to follow their fathers and join the Polish army then forming in France. Poland had not existed as an independent state since its partitions among Russia, Prussia, and Austria, more than a century earlier, so a call to take up arms for it carried deep emotional weight. The poster ties ancestral heroism to present duty, a common appeal of the period.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 91 x 82 cm. |
| Notes | Text also given in Polish. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Knights--Polish--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,651 × 4,603 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1152_Following_the_paths_of_1917 |
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