I Pledge Allegiance And Silence About The War – Vintage 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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Step back in time with I Pledge Allegiance And Silence About The War, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
I Pledge Allegiance And Silence About The War
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The title sets this silkscreen apart from the usual wartime call to buy bonds or enlist: it borrows the words of the Pledge of Allegiance and pairs them with a phrase about keeping quiet regarding the war, which suggests a more ambivalent message about patriotic conformity. It was produced in January 1943 by the WPA War Services unit in Louisiana under the Federal Art Project, which employed artists to make public posters during the war years. Thomas A. Byrne designed it in color using silkscreen, a stencil process the project used because it could print many copies cheaply on board. The poster shows that wartime public art could question as well as rally.
| Created / published | January, 1943 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print on board, poster, silkscreen, color |
| Notes | WPA War Services of Louisiana. Byrne, Thomas A., artist. Federal Art Project, sponsor |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,100 × 2,783 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214990 |
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