Liberty Loan of 1917 Does the spirit of '76 live again in '17--yes!! Buy a bond. – Antique Print
![Liberty Loan of 1917 Does the spirit of '76 live again in '17--yes!! Buy a bond., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f564ee201a1a-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 Liberty Loan of 1917 Does the spirit of '76 live again in '17--yes!! Buy a bond. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Liberty Loan of 1917 Does the spirit of '76 live again in '17--yes!! Buy a bond.
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The poster's slogan asks whether "the spirit of '76" lives again in "'17," tying the 1917 bond drive to the Revolutionary generation and the Liberty Bell, which the subject line names as a central image. The United States entered the First World War in April 1917, and the Liberty Loans were the Treasury's main way to pay for it, so the poster was asking ordinary citizens to lend money to the government and to see that as patriotic duty. Posters like this one were pasted in post offices, banks, and storefronts during the campaigns, and the pairing of a bell with a direct call to buy a bond shows how the government mixed national memory with wartime fundraising.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 107 x 72 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Liberty Bell--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,805 × 4,731 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221533 |
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