Materiality and Spectacle 2015

World War 1 War Bonds Advertisement

Dublin Core

Title

World War 1 War Bonds Advertisement

Description

A poster advertising "Liberty Loans" early on in the United States' involvement in World War I. With the Statue of Liberty in the background looming over the ferries heading towards the Ellis Island, this poster was aimed at recent immigrants and their families to exploit their newfound patriotism through the first major monument they most likely saw firsthand. As David Nye explained, this poster existed when US society accepted the Statue of Liberty as a national figure and worthy of embodying patriotism. - Bradford Gladstone

Creator

United States Department of the Treasury

Publisher

US Library of Congress

Date

c. October 1917

Identifier

http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b49251/

Files

Liberty Bonds Advertisement.jpg

Citation

United States Department of the Treasury, “World War 1 War Bonds Advertisement,” Materiality and Spectacle 2015, accessed November 27, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality-and-spectacle-2015/items/show/91.