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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
Must Children Die and Mothers Plead in Vain? Buy More Liberty Bonds
Walter H. Everett (1880-1946) · Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 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 Walter H. Everett drew for the Liberty Loan in 1918, 102 by 75 cm, sheet No. 1-B.
Why it matters
Liberty bonds paid for the American war, and this sheet put its question to the buyer through a mother and her children.
What to notice
A mother clutching her children as she reaches out for help.
One reaching hand, and a question to answer it.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Walter H. Everett (1880-1946)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002712337 · POS - US .E94, 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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