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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Thousands of German Trophies from the Front: U.S. Gov't War Exposition
Philip Lyford (born 1887) · U.S. Government War Exposition, Department of Pictorial Publicity, Mid-West, 1917
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 Philip Lyford drew in 1917 for the U.S. Government War Exposition, issued through the Department of Pictorial Publicity, Mid-West, 103 by 70 cm.
Why it matters
The exposition promised actual Army and Navy battles, tanks in action, flying battle planes, trench warfare and captured German aeroplanes and guns.
What to notice
An American soldier examining German helmets, captioned How the mighty have fallen.
Captured helmets, put on show.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Philip Lyford (born 1887)
- Campaign
- The Division of Pictorial Publicity
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Government War Exposition, Department of Pictorial Publicity, Mid-West, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719759 · POS - US .L92, 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).
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