Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty Bonds / The Sackett Wilhelms Corporation N.Y. – Antique 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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This vintage poster of Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty Bonds / The Sackett Wilhelms Corporation N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty Bonds / The Sackett Wilhelms Corporation N.Y.
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Its headline asks whether children must die and mothers plead in vain, then answers with a call to buy more Liberty Bonds. The New York firm Sackett & Wilhelms printed this color lithograph in 1918, and the United States Food Administration sponsored it, tying wartime food conservation to the government's effort to finance the war through bond sales. The Liberty Loan drives used emotional appeals like this to reach ordinary households and present the war as a matter of protecting their own children. Posters of this kind show how the home front was asked to give both money and sacrifice during World War I.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 102 x 75 cm. |
| Notes | No. 1-B. · United States Food Administration sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Mothers & children--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,762 × 4,755 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 544_Must_children_die_and_m_1918 |
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