Shall we allow this record to fail? Put the gold from your crops in Liberty Bonds / C.W. Drepperd. – 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 rare vintage poster captures Shall we allow this record to fail? Put the gold from your crops in Liberty Bonds / C.W. Drepperd. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Shall we allow this record to fail? Put the gold from your crops in Liberty Bonds / C.W. Drepperd.
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Few posters on this board speak so directly to farm families. This 1918 lithograph by C.W. Drepperd urges the growers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to put the gold from their crops into Liberty Bonds. American farm income rose sharply during the war as food was shipped to Europe, and the federal government depended on Liberty Loan drives to pay for the fighting, so rural buyers were a deliberate target. The title's question, "Shall we allow this record to fail?", turns a financial pledge into a matter of shared civic duty.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 66 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. War bonds & funds--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,790 × 4,725 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221518 |
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