They Give Their Lives

They Give Their Lives

War Savings Stamps

This poster depicts crosses on hilltops, representing the loss of life from the war. Over this image is the statement “They give their lives” and under that, it asks the reader “Do you lend your savings?” The image, while stark, falls very short of the real atrocities of war, but the pathos involved still grabs the viewer’s attention without making him or her walk off in fear. The poster follows what is normally thought of as one of the first two sacrifices a government asks for in wartime: men and money. The poster very brilliantly, though, asks for one of the two necessities in context of another.

H.D. Mydak

McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tulsa. 2933 E.
6th St. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3123

Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity. Printed by Sackett and Wilhelms Corp., New York

Between 1910-1920

English

1992.004.5.20

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United States of America

Poster

76 x 51.3 cm