Poles! Under the Polish flag on to the fight - For our liberty and yours! Enlist to-day – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Poles! Under the Polish flag on to the fight - For our liberty and yours! Enlist to-day in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Poles! Under the Polish flag on to the fight - For our liberty and yours! Enlist to-day
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This 1917 poster prints its appeal in Polish first and English second, with the Polish flag beside the call to "Enlist to-day." Its slogan, "For our liberty and yours," echoes a motto long associated with Polish patriotism and ties service in the American army to the hope of an independent Poland, which had been partitioned off the map for more than a century. Frances Adams Halsted is named as the designer, and the color lithograph was printed in St. Paul, Minnesota, the year the United States entered the First World War. Recruiting material like this targeted immigrant communities whose members often read Polish more easily than English.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 97 x 55 cm. |
| Notes | Text is presented in Polish then English. Stamped: 1003 Arcade St. St. Paul Minn. · Halsted Frances Adams designer. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. Flags--Polish--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,792 × 4,755 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 909_Poles_Under_the_Polish_1917 |
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