Help New York win the right to fly this flag by helping the Rainbow Division / The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y. – Historic Print
![Help New York win the right to fly this flag by helping the Rainbow Division / The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/da2c6f76e273-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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A window into the past: Help New York win the right to fly this flag by helping the Rainbow Division / The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., 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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Help New York win the right to fly this flag by helping the Rainbow Division / The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y.
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New York's civic pride is the hook in this 1917 lithograph by the W.F. Powers Company, which offers the state the chance to win the right to fly a special flag if it helps the cause. The poster ties two wartime efforts together: the Liberty Loan drives that financed American entry into the First World War, and the Rainbow Division, the National Guard division drawn from many states that fought in France in 1918. Posters like this were printed in large numbers and displayed in shop windows and public spaces, where they presented buying bonds as a patriotic duty.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 71 x 54 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. Flags--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,472 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221809 |
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