U.S. official war pictures / Louis Fancher 17 The Hegeman Print N.Y. – Historic 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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This vintage poster of U.S. official war pictures / Louis Fancher 17 The Hegeman Print N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S. official war pictures / Louis Fancher 17 The Hegeman Print N.Y.
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The poster's headline, "U.S. Official War Pictures," sets it apart from other World War I images on the board: it promotes moving pictures of the American war effort rather than enlisting men directly. Printed in color lithography in New York in 1917, the year the United States entered the war, it shows a soldier and a motion picture camera, with the cameraman placed at the center of the message. Its "Pro-Patria" note and its earlier ownership by a German archive of contemporary history and journalism add a further layer, since the poster's wartime pitch for film as a window on the front reached audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 100 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Pro-Patria. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Cinematography--1910-1920. Soldiers--1910-1920. Motion picture cameras--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,030 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 577_US_official_war_picture_1917 |
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