Lot 563
Ashe "Lend the way they Fight / Buy Bonds to your Utmost". Ca. 1918. Size: 27½ x 41½". Printer: W.F. Powers Co., New York, "F-207" printed at bottom left. Diagonal soft crease at bottom right corner; top left corner has minor paper loss primarily at margins, one 1¼" chip into poster; 4" tear at top edge; soft creases and small chips at all margins. Brilliant colors, good condition.
A tattered, heroic doughboy flings a grenade into a foxhole as enemy soldiers huddle below. The heroic actions of Sargeant York and the American ideal of fighting to the bitter end fueled the production of images like the one offered here. Using the example of soldiers giving their all to stimulate efforts at home was an effective tactic and used frequently during various loan drives.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
Theofiles Plate C9.
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