Our boys need sox, knit your bit – Antique Wall Art
![Our boys need sox, knit your bit, N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1918?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df4382109383-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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Step back in time with Our boys need sox, knit your bit, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The poster's slogan, "Our boys need sox, knit your bit," with its old-fashioned spelling of "socks," asks ordinary households to take up knitting as a way to support the troops. Printed in New York by the American Lithographic Co., it likely dates to around 1918, near the end of the First World War, when the United States was sending large numbers of men overseas. Wool socks were a basic necessity for soldiers in muddy trenches and training camps, and the Red Cross and other volunteer groups organized women and children to knit them at home. The poster shows how the war effort reached into everyday domestic life, turning needlework into patriotic labor.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1918?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Knitting--1910-1920. Hosiery--1910-1920. War work--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167976 |
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