Make a sacrifice Every man who shoulders a gun risks his all for his country : What are YOU sacrificing to back him up? : Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win the war! – Antique Print
![Make a sacrifice Every man who shoulders a gun risks his all for his country : What are YOU sacrificing to back him up? : Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win the war!, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b3/b35b807ed48b-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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A window into the past: Make a sacrifice Every man who shoulders a gun risks his all for his country : What are YOU sacrificing to back him up? : Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win the war!, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Make a sacrifice Every man who shoulders a gun risks his all for his country : What are YOU sacrificing to back him up? : Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win the war!
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This lithograph asks the viewer directly, "What are YOU sacrificing to back him up?" and ties that question to the purchase of a Liberty Bond. Issued in 1917, the year the United States entered World War I, it belongs to the campaign of Liberty Loan drives the Treasury used to finance the war effort.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 7. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,710 × 3,766 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221528 |
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