Victory! Congress Passes Daylight Saving Bill – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Victory! Congress Passes Daylight Saving Bill, 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. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Victory! Congress Passes Daylight Saving Bill
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Few posters from this period celebrate a clock change, and this one's "Victory!" headline treats the 1918 daylight saving law as a win worth advertising. Congress adopted daylight saving that spring as a wartime measure, meant to conserve fuel and extend working light for industry. The poster was sponsored by United Cigar Stores, a national chain of tobacco shops, which used lithographed advertising like this to reach customers on the street. Its patriotic tone reflects how readily businesses tied their messages to the war effort during 1918.
| Created / published | c. 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | poster, lithograph, color, 95 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | United Cigar Stores, sponsor |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,400 × 4,288 px · prints to 8 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223905 |
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