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#                 And they thought we couldn't fight: Victory Liberty Loan.            

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Color illustration of a wounded yet smiling soldier. His uniform sleeves are tattered, and he is bloodied and bandaged; he wears a helmet and carries three enemy helmets in his hands, in addition to his rifle. A barbed wire fence and the ruins of a building can be seen in the background.                                                    

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 105 x 78 cm.                                                    

### Creation Information

Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962                                                                                        1919.                                                                                   

### Context

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###                                                                                     Artist                                                                            

            -  Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962                                                      a.k.a. Clyde Forsythe                                                 

###                                                                                     Authors                                                                            

            -  United States. Department of the Treasury. War Loan Organization. 
            -  United States. Department of the Treasury. Publicity Bureau. 

### Publisher

            -  Ketterlinus**Place of Publication:**                                                            Philadelphia, Pa.                                                         

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###                                     Titles                                

            -                                                          Main Title:                                                      And they thought we couldn't fight: Victory Liberty Loan. 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      [Victory Liberty Loan poster] 
            -                                                          Added Title:                                                      Victory Liberty Loan Poster 5-C 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      American War Posters 

### Description

Color illustration of a wounded yet smiling soldier. His uniform sleeves are tattered, and he is bloodied and bandaged; he wears a helmet and carries three enemy helmets in his hands, in addition to his rifle. A barbed wire fence and the ruins of a building can be seen in the background.

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 105 x 78 cm.

### Notes

"5-C"

"Ketterlinus. Phila."

"Clyde Forsythe"--Artist's signature at lower right corner of image.

Listed in April 1919 Monthly Catalog, p. 577.

### Notes

Forsythe, (Victor) Clyde, was born in 1885, Orange, Cal.; he was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and cartoonist. (Source: Who Was Who in American Art.)

###                                         Subjects                                    

###                                                         Keywords                                                    

              -  Victory Liberty Loan 
              -  Victory Liberty Loan 1919 
              -  helmets 
              -  war finance 
              -  wounded soldier 

###                                                         Library of Congress Subject Headings                                                    

              -  War posters, American -- 1914-1918 -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States -- Posters -- 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. 327                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Government Documents No. :                                                                                                                                                             T 1.27/25:5/5-C                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Call Number :                                                                                                                                                             Posters WW1 Forsythe 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Archival Resource Key :                                                     ark:/67531/metadc381 

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###                                             Creation Date                                        

        -                                                          1919                                                     

###                                                                             Added to The UNT Digital Library                                                                    

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

###                                                                             Description Last Updated                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      Aug. 26, 2022, 9:35 p.m.                                                                                             

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Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962.And they thought we couldn't fight: Victory Liberty Loan.,poster,            1919;    Philadelphia, Pa..                               (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc381/:accessed September 22, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;    crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.