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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 · Before the Great War
Charity Bazaar for the Widows and Orphans of German, Austrian, Hungarian and Their Allied Soldiers
Winold Reiss (1886-1953) · Charity bazaar at Madison Square Garden, New York, 11 to 23 March 1916, 1916
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 Winold Reiss designed for a charity bazaar at Madison Square Garden, printed by the Hegeman Print of New York in 1916, 103 by 70 cm on the sheet.
Why it matters
A year before America entered the war, New York held a bazaar from 11 to 23 March 1916 for the widows and orphans of German, Austrian and Hungarian soldiers, admission 25 cents. Reiss was a German-born American artist and designer, later known for more than 250 portraits of Native Americans, and Tjark Reiss gave the sheet to the Library of Congress in 1998.
What to notice
Pennants and flags strung above an entrance, with the dates and the price of admission in the caption.
New York, raising money for the other side.
Provenance
- School
- The Patriotic Print before 1917 (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Winold Reiss (1886-1953)
- Printer / house
- Hegeman Print, New York
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Charity bazaar at Madison Square Garden, New York, 11 to 23 March 1916, 1916
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722436 · POS - US .R45, no. 1 (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). Title tidied: the sheet spells Bazar, which the Library of Congress reads as bazaar.
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