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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Y Has More Than 2000 Such Homes for Our Boys
Albert Herter (1871-1950) · YMCA, United War Work Campaign, November 11 to 18, 1918, sheet No. 4201, 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 Albert Herter painted for the YMCA in the United War Work Campaign of 1918, printed by the Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co. of Brooklyn, 152 by 104 cm, sheet No. 4201.
Why it matters
The United War Work Campaign of 11 to 18 November 1918 raised one fund for the societies serving the troops, and the YMCA counted more than 2,000 such homes for them. Herter was a painter, muralist and designer who founded Herter Looms in 1909.
What to notice
Soldiers making their way through the snow at night toward a warmly lit YMCA building.
A lit window after a cold march.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Albert Herter (1871-1950)
- Printer / house
- Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., Brooklyn
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- YMCA, United War Work Campaign, November 11 to 18, 1918, sheet No. 4201, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2003652815 · POS - US .H478, no. 2 (F 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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