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CONCORD, N.H. -- Civil War bonds, travel posters and other paperwork spanning a century of New Hampshire history were among the long-forgotten artifacts found Monday in a mysterious Statehouse vault.
War bonds, also known as defense bonds or liberty bonds, refer to financial instruments issued by governments to finance military operations during times of war. These bonds are typically sold to ...
Appraisal: World War I Bond Posters, ca. 1917, from Austin, Hour 2. Check out Nicholas Lowry's appraisal of a 1917 World War I bond posters, in Austin, Hour 2.
Appraisal: 1942 WWII Kroger War Bonds PosterGUEST: Well, we brought in a World War II war bond poster. About five years ago, I bought it at an auction in, uh, Nebraska, and we paid $400. There was ...
The gallery “Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster,” which opened this past Sunday, traces the depiction of black bodies in politically driven campaigns.
WASHINGTON — What’s one good way to strike at the enemy during wartime? Slap a frightful image of your foe on a public poster promoting war bonds. During the First World War, the American ...
The stash of 190 propaganda posters from World War I and World War II were found last year on top of two sawhorses in the basement of a Rochester, New Hampshire, library.
This poster advertises “Patriotic and Profitable” war bonds. “The more money, the more shells!” exclaims this Russian soldier, advertising the bonds, which promised a return of 5.5 percent.
Poster Art had been introduced to an American audience in World War I by the Division of Pictorial Publicity of the United States Committee on Public Information, founded in April of 1917.
Julian Bond’s ‘Comic’ Stance on the Vietnam War Say the name aloud of our new ancestor, Julian Bond, and generations of black Americans will think of a clear, proud voice.
The black-and-white photograph shows four African American soldiers posed beside a solitary grave in the French countryside at the close of World War I. An ornamental enclosure surrounds the grave, ...