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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Court of Honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia: Victory Loan Campaign
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) · Victory Loan Campaign, Philadelphia, Advisory Committee of Artists, 1919
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 lithograph Joseph Pennell drew of the court of honor on South Broad Street in Philadelphia in 1919, 82 by 59 cm.
Why it matters
The Advisory Committee of Artists designed the court for the Victory Loan Campaign, which ran from 21 April to 10 May 1919. Pennell, a lithographer drawn to industrial scenes, studied under Thomas Eakins.
What to notice
South Broad Street and City Hall hung with pennants and flags.
A city street, dressed to sell a debt.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Joseph Pennell (1857-1926)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Victory Loan Campaign, Philadelphia, Advisory Committee of Artists, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719433 · POS - US .P455, no. 7 (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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