Help Our Town, 1917-1919

Item — Folder: 3

Identifier: A1996-089-007

Scope and Contents

World War I Political poster depicting the Third Liberty Union Flag with a caption that reds "Help Our Town/...".

Dates

Creation: 1917-1919

Creator

Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

1 item/s : Lithograph and paper ; 28 x 21 in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Exhibition Label

Object labels, from Americans, Do Your Bit: World War I in Posters Opened 3 June 2017

Help Our Town, 1918-1919 R. A. Leach Printed by Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co New York, New York Gift of H. Brian Holland, A96/089/07

To sell Liberty Bonds, Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) developed an elaborate incentive scheme. Volunteers sold the bonds. Individual buyers earned colorful buttons and window cards. District Liberty Loan committees also set quotas for each town. In McAdooi's system, communities competed with one another to be the first to fill their assigned quotas. Towns where residents purchased the entire quota of bonds earned an honor flag to fly at a central location.