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Fighting in France for Freedom: Are You Helping at Home? – Vintage Print

Fighting in France for Freedom: Are You Helping at Home?, 1918 — historic image
Fighting in France for Freedom: Are You Helping at Home?, 1918. Historic image from the World War I collection.

(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 historic image captures Fighting in France for Freedom: Are You Helping at Home? in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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.

Fighting in France for Freedom: Are You Helping at Home?

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The title poses a pointed question to viewers: while American troops fought in France in 1918, what were those at home doing to help? Posters like this one were part of a broad wartime effort after the United States entered the war in 1917. Government agencies and civic groups used them to press civilians to buy Liberty Bonds, conserve food and fuel, and back the war economy. Their direct appeals to the reader made the home front feel like a personal responsibility.

Created / published1918
Original scan4,637 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference236_Fighting_in_France_for_1918

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