Over the top for you - Buy U.S. govt bonds Third Liberty Loan / Sidney H. Riesenberg. – 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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A window into the past: Over the top for you - Buy U.S. govt bonds Third Liberty Loan / Sidney H. Riesenberg., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Over the top for you - Buy U.S. govt bonds Third Liberty Loan / Sidney H. Riesenberg.
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Over the top" was soldiers' slang for climbing out of the trench to attack, and this 1918 lithograph borrows the phrase to speak to civilians at home. Designed by Halsted Frances Adams to promote the Third Liberty Loan, one of the government bond drives that helped pay for American participation in World War I, it presents buying bonds as a way of supporting the men at the front. Its pairing of a soldier with the American flag reflects the patriotic imagery common to wartime campaigns of this kind.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | No. 1-A. Title from item. · Halsted Frances Adams designer. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Soldiers--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,007 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 907_Over_the_top_for_you_B_1918 |
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