Liberty Loan

Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and a US Liberty Loan Prussian Spike Helmet Prize, 1918

Charles Keller August 4, 2016

It is sometimes said that while the rest of the world goes to war for territory or to protect an empire, America goes to war for souvenirs. It’s a cynical notion, clearly, though still manages to raise a smile here…
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Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Great War, income tax, Liberty Loan, Prussia, Spike Helmet, Uncategorized, Wilson, World War I

1918: Joseph Pennell’s Fourth Liberty Loan Poster and a YMCA Postcard

Charles Keller May 23, 2015

I was recently researching a group of items that included an eye-catching World War I postcard, published by the YMCA’s Department of Reception for Returning Troops. What compelled me to interrupt this important research project and scribble these lines was…
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First World War, Joseph Pennell, Liberty Loan, Uncategorized, WWI, YMCA