Finish the job! – Historic Reproduction
![Finish the job!, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9c/9cad4a97439e-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Finish the job!. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Finish the job!" pairs its urgent slogan with a keystone and an arch, a classic image of a structure that holds only once its last stone is set. The poster dates to 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, when the government relied on Liberty Loan bond drives to finance the effort. Wartime posters like this one were often displayed in public places and asked ordinary Americans to lend money to the cause as a patriotic duty. The keystone metaphor suggests that the war effort would stand only if every citizen added a share.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : color ; 28 x 54 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Keystones--United States--1910-1920. Arches--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,701 × 3,771 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 203_Finish_the_job_1917 |
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