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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
World Peace with Liberty and Prosperity: 1919, Happy New Year
United Cigars, 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 United Cigars, made in 1918 to greet 1919, 68 by 35 cm.
Why it matters
Dated 1918 and addressed to 1919, the sheet greets the new year with world peace in its first words.
What to notice
Uncle Sam and Liberty escorting a winged New Year's baby whose sash reads 1919.
A peace year, carried in as an infant.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United Cigars, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2003652819 · POS - US .U55, no. 3 (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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