Help them - keep your war savings pledge / Casper Emerson Jr. American Lithographic Co. N.Y. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Help them - keep your war savings pledge / Casper Emerson Jr. American Lithographic Co. N.Y.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Help them - keep your war savings pledge / Casper Emerson Jr. American Lithographic Co. N.Y.
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Machine guns form the subject of this 1917 Treasury poster, which asks Americans to keep their war savings pledge and direct their money toward the war effort. Casper Emerson Jr. designed the image, and the American Lithographic Company of New York printed it in color. It belongs to the wartime campaign for savings and bond purchases that followed the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917. The Treasury linked everyday thrift to the cost of weapons, presenting private saving as a direct way to help supply the troops.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Issued by U.S. Treasury Department. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Machine guns--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,664 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1409_Help_them_keep_your_wa_1917 |
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