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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
426th Anniversary of the Discovery of America: Liberty Day, October 12th, 1918
Liberty Day, 12 October 1918, Fourth Liberty Loan, 1918
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 by an unnamed artist, made for Liberty Day on Saturday, 12 October 1918, 75 by 44 cm.
Why it matters
Liberty Day fell on the 426th anniversary of Columbus's landing of 1492 and inside the Fourth Liberty Loan, which ran from 28 September to 19 October 1918. The sheet asked for bonds that very day, for liberty today, tomorrow and forever.
What to notice
A heroic military statuary group beneath flags and the legend United for liberty, with the words Cigars United on the sheet.
Columbus's day, lent to the bond drive.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Liberty Day, 12 October 1918, Fourth Liberty Loan, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652891 · POS - WWI - US, no. 237 (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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