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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
And They Thought We Couldn't Fight: Victory Liberty Loan
Vic Forsythe (1885-1962) · Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 1919
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 Vic Forsythe drew for the Victory Liberty Loan of 1919, 76 by 51 cm, sheet No. 5-CC.
Why it matters
The Victory Liberty Loan of spring 1919 paid the war's bills after the Armistice, and Forsythe's soldier answers the doubters with his trophies.
What to notice
A wounded soldier on the battlefield, carrying several German helmets as trophies.
A wounded man's answer, carried in his arms.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Vic Forsythe (1885-1962)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Victory Liberty Loan, United States Treasury, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002712328 · POS - US .F69, 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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