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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
They Kept the Sea Lanes Open: Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan
L. A. Shafer (1866-1940) · Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 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 colour lithograph L. A. Shafer drew for the Victory Liberty Loan of 1919, printed by the W. F. Powers Company of New York, from the Library of Virginia's World War I Poster Collection.
Why it matters
The Victory Liberty Loan came after the armistice, to pay for a war already won, and the title honours the men who kept the sea lanes open. Shafer was a painter, etcher and illustrator who lived most of his life in New Rochelle, New York.
What to notice
The crew of a German U-boat, the enemy the sea lanes were kept open against.
A loan raised for a sea already cleared.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- L. A. Shafer (1866-1940)
- Printer / house
- W. F. Powers Company, New York
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 1919
- Source
- Library of Virginia, World War I Poster Collection, 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, PD-US-expired-text). Date set to 1919: the Commons record gives 1918-08-07, but the Victory Liberty Loan ran from 21 April to 10 May 1919, and the Library of Congress copy (LCCN 92510003) is dated 1919.
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