For your children. Buy war savings certificates and they will live to thank you / Rosina Mantovani Gutti Roma Eyre Spottis[woode Lt]d. – Historic Print
![For your children. Buy war savings certificates and they will live to thank you / Rosina Mantovani Gutti Roma Eyre Spottis[woode Lt]d., 1917 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8a/8ab839a5dd68-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 your children. Buy war savings certificates and they will live to thank you / Rosina Mantovani Gutti Roma Eyre Spottis[woode Lt]d. 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 your children. Buy war savings certificates and they will live to thank you / Rosina Mantovani Gutti Roma Eyre Spottis[woode Lt]d.
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A tearful child and a kiss make this one of the more emotional appeals in Britain's wartime savings campaign. Its message is direct: parents who buy war savings certificates now will be thanked by their children later. Printed in 1917 by the London firm Eyre & Spottiswoode, the poster was part of an effort to draw small, steady investments from ordinary households to help pay for the war. Its reliance on sentiment rather than battle imagery was a common wartime tactic for winning over civilian readers.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone color ; 102 x 127 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 41. (3671) Wt. 701/2209. 100000. 11/17. (E. 1906.) · Canada Food Board funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. World War 1914-1918--Children--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Children crying--England--1910-1920. Kissing--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,030 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 512_For_your_children_Buy_w_1917 |
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