Religious book week. Good books build character – Antique Print
![Religious book week. Good books build character, [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1925] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/9735ba49ba25-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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Religious book week. Good books build character comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Religious book week. Good books build character
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A portrait of Abraham Lincoln anchors this color lithograph poster, which carries the slogan "Good books build character" under the title *Religious Book Week*. Lincoln had little formal schooling and is widely remembered for reading the Bible, Aesop's Fables, and Shakespeare by firelight, so he made a fitting emblem for a campaign urging Americans to read carefully and well. The poster reflects the 1920s effort to encourage readers toward devotional and moral literature, and it shows how commercial poster art of the period was used for educational and civic messages.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 53 x 34 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1920-1930.Lithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,110 × 5,116 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226254 |
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