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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
Kościuszko, Pułaski: They Fought for Liberty in America
George Illian (1894-1932) · United States Food Administration, 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 George Illian drew for the United States Food Administration in 1917, its text in Polish, 71 by 52 cm, sheet No. 9.
Why it matters
Kościuszko and Pułaski fought for liberty in the American Revolution, and the sheet calls on their names to ask for less wheat, meat, fats and sugar. The title here is the Library of Congress's English for the Polish text.
What to notice
A portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko, with the appeal in Polish.
Two heroes of 1776, asked to mind the larder.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George Illian (1894-1932)
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Food Administration, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002711993 · POS - US .I55, no. 5 (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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