War bonds. Feed the guns! / Bert Thomas printed by Hill Siffken Co. Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.) Grafton Works Holloway N.7. – 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.)
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Step back in time with War bonds. Feed the guns! / Bert Thomas printed by Hill Siffken Co. Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.) Grafton Works Holloway N.7., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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War bonds. Feed the guns! / Bert Thomas printed by Hill Siffken Co. Ltd. (L.P.A. Ltd.) Grafton Works Holloway N.7.
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Its slogan, "Feed the guns!", ties the appeal for war bonds directly to artillery, a reminder that the fighting of 1915 used shells in enormous quantities. Bert Thomas, a British illustrator known for his wartime posters, designed the image, which was printed as a color lithograph by Hill Siffken & Co. in Holloway, London. Posters like this were part of Britain's effort to pay for the war by encouraging citizens to lend money to the government as a patriotic investment. The catalog's subject headings file it under the economic and industrial side of the war, showing how closely financing and weapons production were linked.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 73 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | No. 72. Title from item. · Mackintosh Margaret Macdonald 1864-1933 artist.Macnair Herbert fl. ca. 1890-1940 artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--Great Britain--1910-1920. Artillery (Weaponry)--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,036 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 254_War_bonds_Feed_the_guns_1915 |
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