Ammunition! And remember - bonds buy bullets! / Vincent Lynel 1918. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Ammunition! And remember - bonds buy bullets! / Vincent Lynel 1918. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ammunition! And remember - bonds buy bullets! / Vincent Lynel 1918.
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Its slogan, "Ammunition!" and "bonds buy bullets," ties the poster to the 1918 war-finance drives, when the federal government sold Liberty Bonds to help pay for the war. Printed in Philadelphia by Ketterlinus, a firm known for wartime posters, and issued for the Third Federal Reserve District, which covered that city, it linked a buyer's purchase to the ammunition and machine guns used at the front. Credited to artist Vincent Lynel, the lithograph reflects the appeals that asked ordinary Americans at home to take part in the war effort.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Third Federal Reserve District. · MacKaye Percy 1875-1956. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Ammunition--1910-1920. Military personnel--American--1910-1920. Machine guns--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,067 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 159_Ammunition_And_remember_1918 |
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