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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Sure! We'll Finish the Job: Victory Liberty Loan
Gerrit A. Beneker (1882-1934) · Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, No. 1-C, 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 Gerrit A. Beneker drew for the Victory Liberty Loan, signed 1918 and printed by Edwards & Deutsch, 96 by 67 cm, sheet No. 1-C.
Why it matters
The Victory Liberty Loan, the last of the war loans, opened in April 1919 to pay for a war already won, and the workman's answer is the title. Beneker is best known for his paintings of industry and for his First World War posters.
What to notice
A man in hat and overalls reaches into his pocket, wearing the buttons of the earlier Liberty Loan campaigns.
Old loan buttons, and a hand reaching for more.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Gerrit A. Beneker (1882-1934)
- Printer / house
- Edwards & Deutsch
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans · Production
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, No. 1-C, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708892 · POS - US .B452, no. 2 (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). Printer named from the house list of record errors: Edwards & Deutsch, sheet No. 1-C. The year stays 1918, as signed.
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