Prints, advertising; Image of a boy scout in uniform kneeling on a stone platform labeled "Weapons for Liberty" and holding a sword inscribed "Be prepared" with an allegorical Lady Liberty female warrior figure standing behind and holding a gold shield emblazoned with an American eagle emblem and wearing a crown, a robe fashioned from an American flag, and sandals; with mosaic-patterned background; the poster promotes the United States' third Liberty Loan campaign of World War I that launched in April 1918. Date based on date provided for copy held by the Library of Congress. "American Lithographic Co., N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "JC Leyendecker"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.2 x 50.64 cm (30 x 19 15/16 in.)
Boy Scouts--Pictorial works Debts, Public--United States Liberty bonds World War, 1914-1918--Finance--United States Boy Scouts of America Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) War posters--American--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection World War I Your Country Calls Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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