When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America how will you answer him? United War Work Campaign - Nov. 11-18 / W. T. Benda. – Historic Reproduction
(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: When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America how will you answer him? United War Work Campaign - Nov. 11-18 / W. T. Benda., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America how will you answer him? United War Work Campaign - Nov. 11-18 / W. T. Benda.
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Rather than showing the battlefield, this poster puts a question to students at home: "While I was over there, what were you doing here?" The headline imagines a returning soldier asking that question and invites young Americans to consider their answer. The United War Work Campaign it promotes ran from November 11 to 18, 1918, so its opening day coincided with the Armistice that ended the fighting. The drive pooled donations for the wartime welfare organizations that served troops, and W. T. Benda's color lithograph uses that appeal to tie personal conscience to the war effort.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues at length: Our Navy is one of the best agencies for the proper development of young men because... NRB - 17201 - 11-7-34 - 8M. No. 354. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Soldiers--1910-1920. Students--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,714 × 4,618 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1749_When_the_boys_come_home_1918 |
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