Wer ist Sieger? / LO. – 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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Wer ist Sieger? / LO.
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The poster's German title, *Wer ist Sieger?* ("Who Is the Victor?"), frames the image as a question, and its catalog subjects pair German and British soldiers with a chart. Printed in color in 1917, the third year of the war, it belongs to a period when posters on both sides often used tallies, comparisons, and simple graphics to argue who was winning and why their side deserved support. The record identifies the artist only by the initials "LO," and it came to the Library of Congress from the Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, a German collection of contemporary print material. Looking at how the chart is structured and who is shown on each side is the best way to read its argument.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 49 x 66 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--Military personnel--German. World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--British. Charts--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,998 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 506_Wer_ist_Sieger_LO_1917 |
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