Prints, advertising; Image of woman in chain mail and plate armor (Joan of Arc) with a sword raised in one hand; the poster encourages women to support their country by buying United States war savings stamps during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on December 15, 1917, newspaper article describing the poster "as just issued by the United States treasury department" (Chicago Daily Tribune, 15 December 1917, page 5). "The United States / Printing & / Lithograph / Co. / New York"--text, bottom right margin. "Haskell Coffin"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom left of image. "S-2"--text, bottom left margin. "The torch of liberty"--text, bottom left of image. "W.S.S. / War Savings Stamps / issued by the United States / Government"--text, bottom left of image. "United States Treasury Department"--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; image 77.79 x 50.96 cm (30 5/8 x 20 1/16 in.) ; overall 81.6 x 55.72 cm (32 1/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431--Portraits Debts, Public--United States 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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