Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond – Historic Reproduction
![Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/da6009d08627-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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond
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The slogan sets a deadline, "Before sunset to-day buy a Liberty Bond," and the sunset behind the Statue of Liberty and a waving flag make that urgency visible. The 1917 poster belongs to the Liberty Loan drives the federal government ran to finance American entry into the First World War, selling Treasury bonds to ordinary citizens through banks and public appeals. Posters like this one tied a financial purchase to patriotic duty by pairing it with familiar national symbols.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Flags--American--1910-1920. Sunrises & sunsets--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,584 × 3,680 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221499 |
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