Liberty Loan--Become a patriotic bond holder--Subscribe at your bank today – Vintage Wall Art
![Liberty Loan--Become a patriotic bond holder--Subscribe at your bank today, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac2af70222bc-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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Step back in time with Liberty Loan--Become a patriotic bond holder--Subscribe at your bank today, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Liberty Loan--Become a patriotic bond holder--Subscribe at your bank today
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This poster urges viewers to "become a patriotic bond holder" and to subscribe at their bank, a direct appeal to ordinary Americans in 1917. After the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, the federal government financed the war partly by selling Liberty Bonds to the public, and each loan drive relied on posters like this one to reach people in shops, banks, and public spaces. The lithograph's bold color and simple message reflect how wartime advertising tied buying a bond to personal duty, presenting the purchase as a patriotic act rather than only an investment.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 52 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 | 3,767 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221495 |
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