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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
U.S. Army and Navy Bazaar, Grand Central Palace
Will B. Johnstone · Army & Navy Field Comfort Committee, 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 Will B. Johnstone drew for the U.S. Army and Navy Bazaar at the Grand Central Palace, printed by Carey Print Lith. of New York in 1917, 55 by 36 cm and mounted on board, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
The bazaar raised funds under the auspices of the Army & Navy Field Comfort Committee.
What to notice
A soldier helping a wounded soldier on a battlefield.
A New York fair, for the wounded.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Will B. Johnstone
- Printer / house
- Carey Print Lith., New York
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Army & Navy Field Comfort Committee, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002695588 · POS - WWI - US, no. 425 (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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