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(WWI—POSTERS)
A large and thorough archive with more than 2,450 photographs ofWorldWar I-era posters.
A pictorial record of many of the American and European posters produced during the first World
War and immediately thereafter. The posters span a range of themes, including Recruitment and
Relief Efforts,Victory Bonds andWar Savings Stamps, to theY.W.C.A andWomen’s Suffrage.They
are primarily American and British, with others from Canada, Scotland, Ireland, France, Poland,
Italy, Germany, Greece, and elsewhere in Europe. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately
4
1
/
4
x2
3
/
4
inches (10.8x7 cm.), the sheets 6x4 inches (15.2x10.2 cm.), each with a hand stamp or
inventory notation in the lower margin. 1914-19
[4,000/6,000]
Apparently photographed by a cultural institution (which organized the materials in to 18 Eastman
Kodak boxes), it’s unclear why the archive was created. Many images depict posters that were
produced during the latter months of 1918, just before the war ended, with additional relief-oriented
images published after the war, in 1919. There is a possibility that some of these posters became
obsolete, and are being seen here for the first time. About a quarter of the photographic images
show text-based broadsides or posters.