For victory they paid their all--For a Victory Bond you pay money and get it back with interest / R.L.B. – Historic Print
![For victory they paid their all--For a Victory Bond you pay money and get it back with interest / R.L.B., [1917?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/867a18038f41-L.webp)
(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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For victory they paid their all--For a Victory Bond you pay money and get it back with interest / R.L.B. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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For victory they paid their all--For a Victory Bond you pay money and get it back with interest / R.L.B.
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The poster sets the sacrifice of soldiers, who "paid their all," against the modest request made of civilians: buy a bond, and the money comes back with interest. Its watercolor style and the phrase "Victory Bond" reflect the government's campaign to finance the United States' part in World War I through Liberty Bonds, sold to ordinary Americans in several drives beginning in 1917. The artist is identified only by the initials "R.L.B.," and the record dates the work to about 1917. Posters like this one were displayed in post offices, banks, and public spaces, where they pressed the idea that buying bonds was a patriotic duty as well as a sound investment.
| Created / published | [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Watercolors Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,767 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221482 |
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