Prints, advertising; Image of men and women dressed in the clothing of European immigrants standing in line before a teller's window labeled "W.S.S. For Sale Here" to buy stamps from Uncle Sam, with a mother and child waving an American flag in the foreground; the poster promotes the sale of the United States' War Saving Stamps during World War I. Margin trimmed on local copy; printer supplied by cataloger based on additional copy held by the Huntington Library with text "Reproduced by the Strobridge Litho. Co. Cincinnati & New York" in bottom right margin. Date based on year provided by Library of Congress and history of the program; the War Savings Stamp program began in 1917. "S-11"--text, bottom left margin. "Balfour Ker"--text, artist's signature in stone, barely visible in lower left of image about "Your money" text.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; image 70.96 x 97.47 cm (27 15/16 x 38 3/8 in.) ; overall 75.57 x 100.97 cm (29 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.)
Debts, Public--United States Immigrants--Pictorial works Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918--Finance--United States United States. Department of the Treasury 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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