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Christy, Howard Chandler (1872-1952) Americans All

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09676.02 Author/Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler (1872-1952) Place Written: Type: Poster Date: 1919 Pagination: 1 poster ; 102 cm. x 68.3 cm. Order a Copy

One poster by Howard Chandler Christy related to World War I labeled "Americans All," printed by Forbes dated 1919, advertisement for Victory Liberty Loan. Imagery contains the female symbol of freedom, displayed with an American flag in the background. Printed with a list of immigrant names.

[see GLC09530 for the World War II version of this poster]

Howard Chandler Christy was an American artist renowned for painting portraits during the Jazz Age. His war portraits consisted of patriotic posters for the Navy and Marine Corps. He also painted portraits of politicians such as Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, and other socialites, senators, celebrities.

Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952

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