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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
Your Forefathers Died for Liberty in 1776: Buy Liberty Bonds
Paul A. Ickes (1895-1950) · Liberty Loan of 1917, 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 Paul A. Ickes drew for the Liberty Loan of 1917, printed by the Ohio Litho. Co. of Toledo, 104 by 69 cm, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
Liberty bonds paid for the American war, and for many citizens a bond was the first security they ever owned. The sheet puts the question in the year's own terms: what will you do for it in 1917?
What to notice
A minuteman under the caption The spirit of '17 '76, two dates set as one.
A musket from 1776, cashed in as a bond.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Paul A. Ickes (1895-1950)
- Printer / house
- The Ohio Litho. Co., Toledo
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Liberty Loan of 1917, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002695579 · POS - WWI - US, no. 420 (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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