Keep all Canadians busy. Buy 1918 Victory Bonds – 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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Keep all Canadians busy. Buy 1918 Victory Bonds comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Keep all Canadians busy. Buy 1918 Victory Bonds
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Here the beaver, long a Canadian emblem of industry, stands in for the country's workforce, and the slogan urges every Canadian to keep busy by buying 1918 Victory Bonds. During the First World War, Canada raised money through a series of Victory Loan campaigns, borrowing from its own citizens to pay for the war and the factories, farms and shipyards that supported it. Posters like this one, printed as color lithographs, carried those appeals into streets, offices and shop windows across the country. Notice how the animal's busy, purposeful pose turns a request for money into a call to work.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 60 x 45 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Ente nazionale industrie turistiche (Italy) funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. Beavers--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,676 × 5,693 px · prints to 16 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 295_Keep_all_Canadians_busy_1918 |
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