Strike now!--He's fighting for you--Buy Liberty Bonds / Designed, printed, and donated by Robert Gair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. – Vintage 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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Strike now!--He's fighting for you--Buy Liberty Bonds / Designed, printed, and donated by Robert Gair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Strike now!--He's fighting for you--Buy Liberty Bonds / Designed, printed, and donated by Robert Gair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Strike now!" is the call that sets this poster apart, paired with a soldier and a bayonet to urge viewers to back the men at the front by buying Liberty Bonds. The U.S. Treasury sold these bonds to help finance American entry into the First World War, and the 1918 loan drives relied heavily on posters like this one to reach a public asked to lend money to the war effort. The lithograph was designed, printed, and donated by the Robert Gair Co., a Brooklyn firm, which shows how private businesses joined wartime campaigns.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | APL.22-1918. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Soldiers--American--1910-1920. Bayonets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,481 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221808 |
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