The Liberty Loan is the cash register of patriotism Has Uncle Sam rung up your bond purchase yet? / The Colonial Press, Philadelphia. – Historic Print
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The Liberty Loan is the cash register of patriotism Has Uncle Sam rung up your bond purchase yet? / The Colonial Press, Philadelphia.
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Uncle Sam works a cash register in this lithograph, and the caption asks, "Has Uncle Sam rung up your bond purchase yet?" The slogan turns patriotism into a transaction. The poster was printed by the Colonial Press in Philadelphia for the Committee of Public Safety's Department of Finance, and it dates from 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War. The Liberty Loans, the government's bond drives to help pay for the war, depended on ordinary citizens buying bonds, and posters like this one presented that purchase as a civic duty.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 49 x 75 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Committee of Public Safety, Department of Finance, South Penn Square, Philadelphia. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. Cash registers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,692 × 3,790 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 474_The_Liberty_Loan_is_the_1917 |
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