Der Schuumltzengraben im k.k. Prater ... / Franz Wacik. – Vintage 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 rare vintage poster captures Der Schuumltzengraben im k.k. Prater ... / Franz Wacik. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Der Schuumltzengraben im k.k. Prater ... / Franz Wacik.
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A trench built inside the Prater, Vienna's great park and amusement ground, is an unusual subject for a wall poster, and this 1918 color lithograph by Franz Wacik presents the front line as public entertainment. The catalog's subject headings also point to historical reenactments and Austrian warships, so the display seems to have combined several kinds of war spectacle. By 1918 the Habsburg monarchy was nearing the end of a war that had strained its population, and events like this brought the fighting to civilians, often to support the war effort. The poster is a useful record of how the home front was invited to share in the war as a form of leisure.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 94 x 63 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--Austria--Vienna. Historical reenactments--Austria--Vienna--1910-1920. Warships--Austrian--1910-1920. Trench warfare--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,621 × 5,747 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1099_Der_Schuumltzengraben_i_1918 |
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