Speed the silver bullet. Buy the new government war loan - 4 1/2 per cent per annum / printed by Dobson Molle Co. Ltd. Edinburgh London. – Historic 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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Speed the silver bullet. Buy the new government war loan - 4 1/2 per cent per annum / printed by Dobson Molle Co. Ltd. Edinburgh London. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Speed the silver bullet. Buy the new government war loan - 4 1/2 per cent per annum / printed by Dobson Molle Co. Ltd. Edinburgh London.
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Its slogan, "Speed the silver bullet," treats money as a weapon, urging readers to lend cash to the state the way a soldier fires a round. The poster advertises a 4 1/2 per cent government war loan, one of the bonds Britain sold to the public to pay for the First World War. It was printed by Dobson, Molle & Co. in Edinburgh and London, and as a text-only lithograph it relies entirely on its wording and bold lettering. Posters like this one, from 1915, show how the war effort reached ordinary citizens as an appeal to their savings as well as their service.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 101 x 63 cm. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 3. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,027 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1661_Speed_the_silver_bullet_1915 |
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