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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Government Asks You to Do Your Xmas Shopping Early: Do It Now
Haskell Coffin (1878-1941) · Christmas shopping appeal, copyright R.D.G.A., 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 Haskell Coffin painted in 1918, 76 by 50 cm, copyright R.D.G.A.
Why it matters
The title puts the request in the government's name: shop early, and do it now. Coffin painted covers for the leading American magazines and made posters for the government.
What to notice
An allegorical woman holding a sword and an American flag, a martial figure set over a request about Christmas shopping.
A sword drawn for the Christmas lists.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Haskell Coffin (1878-1941)
- Campaign
- Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Christmas shopping appeal, copyright R.D.G.A., 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708926 · POS - US .C66, 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-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-80-expired).
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