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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
While I Was Over There, What Were You Doing Here?
Władysław T. Benda (1873-1948) · United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918, appeal to students, 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 Władysław T. Benda drew for the United War Work Campaign of November 1918, 72 by 53 cm, addressed to the students of America.
Why it matters
The campaign ran from 11 to 18 November 1918, and this sheet asked students how they would answer the soldier when the boys came home. Benda was a Polish-born painter, illustrator and designer.
What to notice
A soldier and a student, the two men the question passes between.
A question kept for the homecoming.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Władysław T. Benda (1873-1948)
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918, appeal to students, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708895 · POS - US .B45, no. 8 (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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