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#                 Pershing's crusaders.            

**388**American War Posters

### Description

In the foreground is an image of General Pershing on horseback, leading his troops. Two soldiers behind him hold flags: a U.S. flag and a red flag with a gold emblem. Hovering in the background is a hazy image of medieval crusaders on white horses, carrying heart-shaped shields with cross images on them.                                                    

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 106 x 72 cm.                                                    

### Creation Information

United States. Army. Signal Corps.                                                                                        1918~.                                                                    **

### Context

                            This                                                            **poster**                                                                                        is part of the collection entitled:                                                                World War Poster Collection                                                                and                                                                                        was provided by the  UNT Libraries Government Documents Department                                to the                                 UNT Digital Library,                                                                    a digital repository hosted by the                                    UNT Libraries.                                                                                        It has been viewed 20517 times, with 132 in the last month.                                                        More information about this poster can be viewed below.                        

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            -  United States. Army. Signal Corps. 
            -  United States. Navy. 

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###                                     Titles                                

            -                                                          Main Title:                                                      Pershing's crusaders. 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      American War Posters 

### Description

In the foreground is an image of General Pershing on horseback, leading his troops. Two soldiers behind him hold flags: a U.S. flag and a red flag with a gold emblem. Hovering in the background is a hazy image of medieval crusaders on white horses, carrying heart-shaped shields with cross images on them.

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 106 x 72 cm.

### Notes

Additional text below title: "Auspices of the United States government--the first official American war picture--taken by U.S. Signal Corps and Navy photographers." 

On shield logo at upper right corner: "Official U.S. War Film, released by Committee on Public Information, George Creel, Chairman"

The film, Pershing's Crusaders, was released in 1918.

Printer's seal in lower right corner.

###                                         Subjects                                    

###                                                         Keywords                                                    

              -  Crusades 
              -  General Pershing 
              -  U.S. flag 
              -  crusaders 
              -  film 
              -  film poster 
              -  motion picture 
              -  movie 
              -  movie poster 
              -  soldiers 

###                                                         Library of Congress Subject Headings                                                    

              -  Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948. 
              -  War posters, American -- 1914-1918 -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens. 

###                                             Language                                        

            -  English 

###                                         Item Type                                    

            -  Poster 

###                                         Identifier                                    

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            -  Accession or Local Control No :                                                                                                                                                             Database No. 331                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Accession or Local Control No :                                                                                                                                                             Historical Collection Accession No. WP No.# 21                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Call Number :                                                                                                                                                             Posters WW1 Army 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Archival Resource Key :                                                     ark:/67531/metadc377 

### Collections

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####                                                         World War Poster Collection                                                    

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####                                                         World War One Collection                                                    

Materials focusing on the World War I era from 1914 to 1918.  In addition to materials that were actually created during the time period, the collection may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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###                                             Creation Date                                        

        -                                                          1918~                                                      ** 

###                                                                             Added to The UNT Digital Library                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      June 13, 2006, 4:53 p.m.                                                                                             

###                                                                             Description Last Updated                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      Oct. 1, 2014, 3:04 p.m.                                                                                             

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United States. Army. Signal Corps.Pershing's crusaders.,poster,            1918~;                              (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc377/:accessed September 22, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;    crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.