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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
It Protected You, Will You Defend It?
Vojtěch Preissig · Wentworth Institute poster no. 1, probably issued by the Slav Press Bureau, 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 Vojtěch Preissig made in 1918, Wentworth Institute poster no. 1, 88 by 64 cm.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress names the Slav Press Bureau as the probable issuer, and the title asks a debt to be repaid. Preissig, a Czech typographer and printmaker, trained at the School of Applied Industrial Art in Prague.
What to notice
An American flag filling the sky above soldiers in the field.
A flag, asking to be repaid.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Vojtěch Preissig
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Wentworth Institute poster no. 1, probably issued by the Slav Press Bureau, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719427 · POS - US .P74, no. 11 (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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