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American Library Association, Library War Service – Historic Reproduction

American Library Association, Library War Service, [1918] — vintage poster
American Library Association, Library War Service, [1918]. Vintage poster from the Books & Writers collection.

(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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Rather than showing a battlefield or a recruit, this 1918 poster centers on the American Library Association's Library War Service, a wartime effort to put reading material in the hands of American servicemen. During the war the association gathered donated books and magazines and sent them to military camps, training sites and overseas posts, where they were shared in makeshift libraries. The poster belongs to the home-front campaign that asked civilians to contribute, and it reflects the period's view that reading could keep soldiers informed and occupied.

Created / published[1918]
Medium1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone ; 50 x 37 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsAmerican Library Association.--War Service. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. War work--1910-1920. Reading--1910-1920. Soldiers--American--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,805 × 4,730 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221400

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