Thousands of German trophies from the front at the U.S. govt war exposition / Philip Lyford Illinois Litho. Co. Chicago. – 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 Thousands of German trophies from the front at the U.S. govt war exposition / Philip Lyford Illinois Litho. Co. Chicago. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thousands of German trophies from the front at the U.S. govt war exposition / Philip Lyford Illinois Litho. Co. Chicago.
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A pile of German helmets and captured weapons anchors this 1917 color lithograph, which promotes a traveling exhibition of "trophies from the front." Its caption, "How the mighty have fallen," tells viewers the display was meant to show a defeated enemy. The poster came from the Department of Pictorial Publicity in the Midwest, part of the federal Committee on Public Information that the Wilson administration created in 1917 to build support for American entry into the war. Printed by the Illinois Lithograph Company in Chicago, it shows how wartime propaganda used captured enemy equipment to stir public enthusiasm.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 103 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Actual Army and Navy battles tanks in action flying battle planes trench warfare captured German aeroplanes and guns. Caption: How the mighty have fallen. Department of Pictorial Publicity Mid-West. · Moderna galerija (Ljubljana Slovenia) |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. War destruction & pillage--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,053 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 819_Thousands_of_German_tro_1917 |
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