Poster, 'And they thought we couldn't fight'

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Title

Poster, 'And they thought we couldn't fight'

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Advertising the Victory Liberty Loan This First World War loan poster, which features a tattered and wounded yet smiling soldier carrying a rifle and souvenired German helmets, was created by the United States Treasury Department to urge the American public to buy war bonds. War bonds were debt securities issued by various governments to finance their military operations and other expenses during the First and Second World Wars. The wider campaign for American Liberty bonds accompanied exhort...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1918

Creator

Clyde Forsythe / United States Treasury Department

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/894185

Related subjects

Soldiers / Helmets / Firearms / War / World War, 1914-1918 / ink / paper / political posters / colour lithography / United States

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