Renesch Company, fl. 1919 True Blue

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GLC#
GLC09644
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
1919
Author/Creator
Renesch Company, fl. 1919
Title
True Blue
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 poster Height: 51.8 cm, Width: 39.7 cm
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
World War I

"Uplift" poster sold to African American families with relatives in the service during World War I. This poster features a family with a young girl, a young boy, a baby and the wife, looking at a fireplace and mantle. Above the mantle is a picture of a soldier surrounded by pictures of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson. There is also a small banner with a blue star on a white field bordered in red hanging in a window visible in the background. The caption on the bottom declares "True Blue".

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