Welcome home our gallant boys / Hennegan Co. Cincinnati O. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Welcome home our gallant boys / Hennegan Co. Cincinnati O., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Welcome home our gallant boys / Hennegan Co. Cincinnati O.
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Its English title, "Welcome home our gallant boys," sits beside German-language text that the record translates as "Commit your gold. Subscribe to the national defense. It is a duty. The Loan for Victory," which suggests the poster was meant for German-speaking Americans. The United States sold Liberty Loan bonds from 1917 to 1919 to pay for its part in the First World War, and posters like this one urged citizens to buy them. The Liberty cap and flags in the design were common patriotic symbols of the period. The print was made in 1918 by Hennegan Co., a lithography firm in Cincinnati, Ohio.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Commit your gold. Subscribe to the national defense. It is a duty. The Loan for Victory. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920. Item is no. 20 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Liberty cap--1910-1920. Flags--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,621 × 4,516 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 845_Welcome_home_our_gallan_1918 |
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