[To Americans of foreign birth [...] Buy Liberty Bonds] – Vintage Wall Art
![[To Americans of foreign birth [...] Buy Liberty Bonds], [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d14abd382e12-L.webp)
(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 [To Americans of foreign birth [...] Buy Liberty Bonds] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[To Americans of foreign birth [...] Buy Liberty Bonds]
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Printed entirely in Hebrew characters with no pictures, this lithograph addresses Americans of foreign birth and asks them to buy Liberty Bonds. The United States entered the First World War in April 1917, and the Treasury relied on a series of Liberty Loan drives to finance the war effort. Campaigns like this one used text in immigrant languages to reach communities that English-language appeals might miss, including the Jewish immigrants whose papers and newspapers used the Hebrew alphabet. The poster shows how the government tried to bring newcomers into the war effort through their own languages.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 75 x 99 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only, in Hebrew characters. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Jews--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,467 × 3,600 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1201_To_Americans_of_foreign_1917 |
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