Description
Posters produced by the Allied countries frequently used images of the Kaiser to represent the German foe. In America, the Kaiser was an object of particular scorn, representing not only the enemy but also Old World autocracy. The Third Liberty Loan, for which this poster was produced, was issued on the one year anniversary of Americas declaration of war. To encourage subscriptions, most states declared the opening day of the loan campaign a holiday. Anti-German rhetoric was common at the hundreds of rallies and parades held across the country in support of the new bond. One of the many distinctive features of the Third Liberty Loan campaign was the War Relics Train which traveled from city to city exhibiting captured German relics from over there, including bombs, cannons, and other objects of trench warfare. The exhibition, like many of the Third Liberty Loan posters, attempted to visualize the enemy for Americans separated geographically from the atrocities of the war.
Details
- Work Date:
- 1918
- Dimensions:
- 40¾ x 27⅞
- Medium:
- color lithograph
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bartlett H. Hayes, 1985