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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
4 Minute Men: A Message from the Government at Washington
H. Devitt Welsh (1888-1942) · Committee on Public Information, Four Minute Men, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph H. Devitt Welsh drew for the Four Minute Men of the Committee on Public Information in 1917, 106 by 72 cm on the sheet.
Why it matters
The Four Minute Men were volunteers who spoke for four minutes on the war, often in cinemas between reels, and the sheet left a large blank space to announce each message. The Library showed it in Echoes of the Great War at the Thomas Jefferson Building in 2017.
What to notice
The United States Capitol, with a large blank space for the message.
A dome, and four minutes to speak.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- H. Devitt Welsh (1888-1942)
- Campaign
- The Division of Pictorial Publicity
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Committee on Public Information, Four Minute Men, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2003652827 · POS - US .W453, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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