Today we take for granted how easily television and the internet can get news and information out to you in a matter of minutes, but this was not the case 95 years ago when radio was in its infancy and the news was promulgated by newspapers, and depending on depending on where people lived, many were not distributed daily.

During World War One the U.S. government needed a vehicle with which it could reach the citizenry and impart many important messages quickly, effectively and in a meaningful way.  As a way to get their messages out, President Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information utilized posters as a means to disseminate information about the war and various causes including selling Liberty bonds.  In fact, over the span of two years, Liberty bonds generated 24 million dollars, more than two thirds of the total cost of the war.

 

Americans All (1919) Howard Chandler Christy

Posters like artist F. Strothmann stunning “Beat Back the Hun” 

which includes a striking image of a bloodied German soldier crawling out of a trench holding a bloody bayonet, or Clyde Forsythe’s whimsical patriotic answer to the world’s skepticism of America’s ability to enter and win the war “And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight”.

 

Fight or Buy Bonds (1917) Howard Chandler Christy

 

 

Blot It Out (1918) St. John

Limited Runs is privileged to offer a selection of World War One Liberty Bonds posters as well as other propaganda posters from around the world.

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