United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y. – Vintage Poster
(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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A window into the past: United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y.
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A 1917 color lithograph from the Hegeman Print company of New York advertises United States official films and features the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as its subject. During the First World War, the federal government used motion pictures to explain the war effort and build public support, and the Committee on Public Information, created in 1917, helped produce and circulate such films to theaters. Posters like this one invited local audiences into movie houses to see them, linking the national government to everyday entertainment. The Capitol as a symbol signals that these pictures carried official authority.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 53 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J32. 1919(?). · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington D.C.)--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Motion picture industry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 707 × 892 px |
| Reference | 1175_United_States_official_1917.tif-S |
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