Blockade-brecker / A. Rother. – 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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Step back in time with Blockade-brecker / A. Rother., 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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Blockade-brecker / A. Rother.
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This color lithograph from 1916 shows German warships in the waters off German East Africa, a theater that most Western readers overlook. The poster's title, "Blockade-breaker," points to the central problem of the German position there: the Royal Navy kept the coast closed, so German ships depended on slipping past patrols to bring supplies in. Posters like this were produced in Germany during the war to present the navy as active and resourceful, even as its squadrons in the region were being cut off. The cruiser *Königsberg*, trapped in the Rufiji delta and sunk in 1915, is the best-known example of how the struggle for these coastal waters ended.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 44 x 27 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Naval operations--German--Africa East. Warships--German--Africa East--1910-1920. Naval warfare--Africa East--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,014 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 5_Blockadebrecker_A_Rot_1916 |
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