File:Second Liberty Loan poster outside The Bon Marche, Seattle, October 14, 1917 (MOHAI 10440).jpg

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English: Second Liberty Loan poster outside The Bon Marche, Seattle, October 14, 1917   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Staff Photographer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Title
English: Second Liberty Loan poster outside The Bon Marche, Seattle, October 14, 1917
Description
English:

In 1917, during World War I, the U. S. government borrowed money to pay for the war effort by selling war bonds, known as Liberty Bonds. The Second Liberty Loan aimed to raise $3 billion. During the Second Liberty Loan campaign, a huge replica of a James Montgomery Flagg recruiting poster stood outside the Bon Marche in downtown Seattle. The image was gradually completed as people bought bonds. At this point, with 1/3 of the figure completed, some $4.5 million had been raised locally. The goal for Seattle's quota was $13 million, as indicated by the thermometer to the right of the soldier.

Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Fund raising--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ferris wheels--Washington (State)--Seattle; War bonds & funds--United States; World War, 1914-1918
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 14 October 1917
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
10440
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, 2000.107.233.10.02

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