Oheacute! Les braves gens . . . Versez votre or nous versons bien notre sang . . . – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Oheacute! Les braves gens . . . Versez votre or nous versons bien notre sang . . . comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Oheacute! Les braves gens . . . Versez votre or nous versons bien notre sang . . .
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Few wartime posters state the bargain so bluntly: this 1914 French color lithograph tells civilians to "deposit your gold" while the fighting men "willingly give our blood." Measuring 37 by 27 centimeters, it belongs to the 1914-15 drive that asked French families to turn over gold coin to help fund the war. Its cheerful "Ohé!" greeting and its pairing of coins with soldiers' sacrifice were meant to make giving money feel as patriotic as enlisting. The poster shows how the home front's financial contribution became a central theme of French war propaganda.
| Created / published | 1914 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 37 x 27 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Ahoy! Good people . . . Deposit your gold we willingly give our blood. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1914-15. Item is no. 81 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. · Deutsche Waffenstillstands-Kommission funder/sponsor.Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,808 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1577_Oheacute_Les_braves_gen_1914 |
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