Uncle Sam is worth $225,000,000,000--A Liberty bond is his promise to pay Buy a Liberty bond to-day. – Vintage Print
![Uncle Sam is worth $225,000,000,000--A Liberty bond is his promise to pay Buy a Liberty bond to-day., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ab/ab2427a89e0e-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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This rare vintage poster captures Uncle Sam is worth $225,000,000,000--A Liberty bond is his promise to pay Buy a Liberty bond to-day. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Uncle Sam is worth $225,000,000,000--A Liberty bond is his promise to pay Buy a Liberty bond to-day.
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Uncle Sam appears here as a figure of national credit, with the claim that he is "worth $225,000,000,000," a sum meant to stand behind every Liberty bond sold during the First World War. The poster was issued in 1917, after the United States entered the war in April of that year, when the federal government needed to borrow heavily to finance its military and allied effort. Liberty Bonds were marketed to ordinary Americans through campaigns like this one, and the slogan "Buy a Liberty bond to-day" makes the appeal direct. Its color lithography and bold lettering were typical of the many government and private posters that filled streets, shop windows and public buildings during the war.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 50 x 35 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,776 × 4,730 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221492 |
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