Banish lonely hours in camp! Help provide libraries filled with books for soldiers A million dollars for a million books for a million men--Leave your money at the public library or at any bank. – Antique Print
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A window into the past: Banish lonely hours in camp! Help provide libraries filled with books for soldiers A million dollars for a million books for a million men--Leave your money at the public library or at any bank., 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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Banish lonely hours in camp! Help provide libraries filled with books for soldiers A million dollars for a million books for a million men--Leave your money at the public library or at any bank.
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This lithograph is the first in a series issued by the Massachusetts Library War Council, and it asks readers to "banish lonely hours in camp" by giving money for books. Its slogan, "A million dollars for a million books for a million men," sums up the campaign. The text explains that the War Department had appointed the Library War Council through the American Library Association to raise a million dollars during Camp Library Week, September 24 to 30, to build and maintain libraries at training camps and cantonments. The poster shows how the wartime home front was asked to support troops' morale through reading, and it reflects the era's broad push for donated books.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 107 x 74 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: The Library War Council - appointed by the War Department through the American Library Association - is raising one million dollars during Camp Library Week, Sept. 24-30, to build and maintain a library at every training camp and cantonment for soldiers, sailors and airmen, at home and abroad. Massachusetts Library War Council. No. 1. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Library Association--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Book drives 1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,590 × 4,461 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222245 |
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