The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-23
100000 POSTERS
ARE ADVERTISING
THE WCTORYL0Ah
AMERICA is PLASTERED WITH
DRAWINGS BY FAMOUS ARTISTS
IN STRIKING APPEALS.
ALL TELL THEIR STORY
Every State and County in the Union
Receives Supply in the
Same Week.

The entire country Is now viewing
for the first time the collection of
striking posters drawn by Americas
greatest artists for use in the Victory
Liberty Loan drive. The task of. plas-
tering all parts of America with these
posters began last week. It is the
largest wholesale advertising Job ever
undertaken. The work will continue
until the 100000 posters which
have been printed are on display in
all possible locations, thousands of
which are not available for the ordi-
nary commercial poster. The work
started simultaneously everywhere.
To place these 10000, 900 posters ad-
vantageously in the public view from
coast to coast the large cities have
been divided into districts and a con-
tractor assigned to each. New York
City, for instance, has been divided
into six districts. In the country dis
tricts the work is done under the i'm
mediate supervision of the local Lib
erty Loan committee.
The keynote of the Victory Loan
Finish the Job'-has been visualized
IN one poster which is considered by
most critics to be on of the strongest
and best issued in any loan campaign.
1t will be issued in two sizes, the huge
4-sheet and a smaller one. It Dor
trays a typical American workingman.
in flannel shirt and overalls, his sleeves
rolled up, his right hand digging down
into his pocket for money to lend to
Soro u r,oo~- xh-
the -four previous Liberty Loans, show
ing that he is a partner with his gov.
eminent in it's war undertaking, while
the legend the poster bears-Sure
Well Finish the Job'-shows his de.
termination to see it through to a
successful conclusion.
Another design sure to be popular
both for its financial pulling power
and it's sentimental appeal is called
For Home and Country" This picture
is a returned soldier, his young son
held on his right shoulder, his wife
cl1nging to his left arm. At his belt
bangles a German helmet. Alfred
Everitt Orr painted the picture. It
has been autographed in two sizes,
$50? 25 of the size 2Ox3O inches, and
7l1,312 of the size 30x4O inches.
Howard Chandler Christy has con.
tributed to this loan what is consid.
cred his finest war painting. It is
Americans ALL" and shows ;
a symbolic female figure pointing to ,
an honor roll Of men of various racial
names who died for this, country.
two million of these posters
been produced, size 27x4O inches.
Tribute to the valor OF the American
E.peditionary Force is paid by Clyde
picture called "And They
Thought We Couldn't Fight" A |
triumphant doughboy is shown strid-
ing over No Mans Land, his head !
baldaged, but a broad smile on his |
face. He carries three German helmets
captured in the raid from which he
Is returning. Of these 1000. 900 have |
been Autographed in the 3Ox4O-inch
size, and 467,0 900 in the 2Ox30-inch size.
l.. A.. Shafer has painted a picture
slo11fylng the navy's share in the war.
It shows a camoufaged American de.
stroyer dropping a depth charge on
a German undersea pirate which lad
to torpedo a transport.
Besides these, there will be various
posters. One, the Victory Loan
symbol, will be a huge blue 'V'' out.
in white or a notified red
ground, with the word invest in
white below it. The entire poster
S outlined in white, and has a broad
blue border. There will be about
!. 900. 900 of these