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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 · The Allies, 1914–1918
Buy a Bulldog on June 16th
Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951) · Bulldog Soldiers' & Sailors' Club, 1915
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 war-charity poster Pamela Colman Smith drew in 1915 for the Bulldog Soldiers' & Sailors' Club, from the Library of Congress (digital ID cph.3g12701).
Why it matters
The club sold bulldog flags for a single day, and the sheet asked the public to buy one and make our brave boys more comfortable. Colman Smith was the artist of the Rider-Waite tarot.
What to notice
The appeal set out in full, with its date: buy a bulldog on June 16th.
A tarot artist's bulldog, sold for a day.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951)
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Bulldog Soldiers' & Sailors' Club, 1915
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-X-expired).
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