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Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan

Collection Type

  • art

Date

ca. 1915

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 121-130

GUSN

GUSN-198934

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Description

A print with the words "They kept the sea lanes open" and a scene with a German U-boat blocked by American ships.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wars
propaganda
world wars
U-boats
bonds (negotiable instruments)
steamships
color lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collections number PR125bOVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1987-1988

Reference Code

GC002.02.125b

Acquisition Type

Estate

Image Dimensions

29 3/8 x 39 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Sears Estate, 1987-1988

Record Details

Originator

Shafer, Leon Alaric, 1866-1940 (Artist)
W.F. Powers Litho. (Lithographer)

Material Type

color lithographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

World War I

Restrictions

Extremely fragile, and badly torn and discolored. Keep folded.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 121-130

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