We closed the road to Paris - we're on our way to Berlin" Every bond you buy of the 4th Liberty Loan is a bayonet thrust at the Kaiser / Steffan." – Vintage Wall Art
![We closed the road to Paris - we're on our way to Berlin" Every bond you buy of the 4th Liberty Loan is a bayonet thrust at the Kaiser / Steffan.", [Baltimore] : The Adpress , [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f040e9a28ff9-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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This rare vintage poster captures We closed the road to Paris - we're on our way to Berlin" Every bond you buy of the 4th Liberty Loan is a bayonet thrust at the Kaiser / Steffan." in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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We closed the road to Paris - we're on our way to Berlin" Every bond you buy of the 4th Liberty Loan is a bayonet thrust at the Kaiser / Steffan."
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The poster's boast that the road to Paris is closed and the way to Berlin is open targets a specific German figure: Crown Prince William, the Kaiser's eldest son, who led German armies in the 1918 spring offensives that pushed toward Paris. The design ties that rivalry to the Fourth Liberty Loan, the government bond drive that helped finance American participation in the war. Printed in color by the Baltimore Engraving Co. and issued through the Adpress, it presents each bond purchase as a bayonet thrust at the Kaiser, linking ordinary savings to the fighting overseas.
| Created / published | [Baltimore] : The Adpress , [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Plates by Baltimore, Maryland Engraving Co. |
| Subjects | William,--Crown Prince of Germany,--1882-1951. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,701 × 3,771 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221524 |
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