Now is the time to buy something worth having, war savings certificates / Bert Thomas ; Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. – Antique Print
![Now is the time to buy something worth having, war savings certificates / Bert Thomas ; Roberts & Leete Ltd., London., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b2/b259c8ac247d-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 Now is the time to buy something worth having, war savings certificates / Bert Thomas ; Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. 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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Now is the time to buy something worth having, war savings certificates / Bert Thomas ; Roberts & Leete Ltd., London.
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This color lithograph from 1915 sets a war savings appeal against the everyday habit of smoking, a link its subject headings make explicit. Its caption, "Now is the time to buy something worth having," asks ordinary Britons to put money they might spend on tobacco into government savings instead. Bert Thomas, a British cartoonist and illustrator, designed it for Roberts & Leete, a London printer. Posters like this were part of a wider effort to fund the First World War from small private savers, not only from large loans and taxes.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 51 x 37 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 101. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Smoking--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,040 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1573_Now_is_the_time_to_buy_1915 |
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