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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
If You Can't Enlist, Invest: Buy a Liberty Bond
Winsor McCay · Liberty Loan, copyright Star Co., New York American, No. 37, 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 Winsor McCay drew for the Liberty Loan in 1918, 107 by 70 cm, copyright the Star Co. and the New York American, No. 37.
Why it matters
The sheet asks the men who could not serve to defend the country with their dollars. McCay drew Little Nemo and made the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur.
What to notice
A figure labelled America, holding a shield marked Liberty Loan, fighting off Devastation, Starvation, War, Pestilence and Death, each one named on the sheet.
A shield, paid for at the bank.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Winsor McCay
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Liberty Loan, copyright Star Co., New York American, No. 37, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719760 · POS - US .M229, 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).
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