Emprunt National 1920, Société Centrale des Banques de Province poster – Historic Poster Reproduction
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A window into the past: Emprunt National 1920, Société Centrale des Banques de Province poster, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Emprunt National 1920, Société Centrale des Banques de Province poster
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This poster promotes the Emprunt National of 1920, a French government loan sold through the Société Centrale des Banques de Province, a group of regional banks. France emerged from the war with devastated northern and eastern provinces and a heavy debt, so loans like this one aimed to draw private savings into reconstruction. Posters of this kind were pasted across towns and cities to persuade ordinary citizens that buying state bonds was a patriotic duty. Its place on a World War I board reflects how a routine financial notice carried the war's lasting costs into everyday life.
| Created / published | 1920 |
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| Original scan | 2,802 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 592_Emprunt_National_1920_S_1920 |
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