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Title
You buy a liberty bond lest I perish
Creator
Macauley, C. R. (Charles Raymond), 1871-1934, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1917
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Prints, advertising; Image of a stern Lady Liberty figure in robes with crown and torch pointing at the viewer; two circular frames at lower left and right portray the Statue of Liberty with the slogan, "Get behind the government Liberty Loan of 1917"; the poster promotes the sale of United States Liberty Bonds during World War I.
Date based on year in item text. "C.R. Maccauley"--text, right center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; image 97.79 x 71.44 cm (38 1/2 x 28 1/8 in.) ; overall 102.24 x 75.41 cm (40 1/4 x 29 11/16 in.)
Identifier
priWWI_A_76
414735
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23584
Subject
Debts, Public--United States
Liberty bonds
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918--Finance--United States
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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