It protected you will you defend it / WI PGA. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures It protected you will you defend it / WI PGA. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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It protected you will you defend it / WI PGA.
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The poster's text asks, "It protected you, will you defend it?" and pairs that question with the American flag, a plain appeal aimed at a home audience in the last year of the First World War. Designer Halsted Frances Adams produced it in 1918 as the first item in a Wentworth Institute poster series, and the record notes it was probably issued by the Slav Press Bureau, so its exact sponsor is less certain. Its subject headings tie it to war bonds and the economic side of the war, which was central to the Liberty Loan drives that asked Americans to finance the effort by buying government bonds.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 88 x 64 cm. |
| Notes | Wentworth Institute poster no. 1. Probably issued by Slav Press Bureau. · Halsted Frances Adams designer. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,014 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 904_It_protected_you_will_y_1918 |
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