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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
There Is a Liberty Bond in This House
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 by an unidentified artist for the Liberty Loan of 1918, 54 by 36 cm; the Library of Congress record names the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts.
Why it matters
The title is a statement a household could make in public: a bond was bought here.
What to notice
Liberty advancing, her shield inscribed To make the world safe for democracy.
A bond, declared at the front door.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719776 · POS - US .M377, no. 1 (B 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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