Halt the Hun! : buy U.S. government bonds, Third Liberty Loan.

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Drawing of an Allied Forces soldier pushing a German soldier away from a frightened woman who is holding a small child in her lap. The German soldier has blood on his hands. Red flames rise from the ground in the background.

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1 print (poster) : lithograph, col. ; 76 x 51 cm.

Creation Information

Raleigh, Henry Patrick, 1880-1945 1918.

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  • Main Title: Halt the Hun! : buy U.S. government bonds, Third Liberty Loan.
  • Series Title: [3 Liberty Loan poster]
  • Added Title: 3rd Liberty Loan Poster 4-A
  • Alternate Title: Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. government bonds, 3rd Liberty Loan
  • Series Title: American War Posters

Description

Drawing of an Allied Forces soldier pushing a German soldier away from a frightened woman who is holding a small child in her lap. The German soldier has blood on his hands. Red flames rise from the ground in the background.

Physical Description

1 print (poster) : lithograph, col. ; 76 x 51 cm.

Notes

"Hun" was a derogatory term used by the British and Americans to describe German soldiers during the First World War.

Source of artist identification: Franklin & Marshall College Library, Archives & Special Collections (http://library.fandm.edu/archives/spcoll/wwiartists.html)

Artist date from New York Times obituary.

"Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago"--At lower right corner of picture.

Listed in 1918 Monthly Catalog, p. 588.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 267
  • Government Documents No.: T 1.25/7:4-A
  • Call Number: Posters WW1 Raleigh 1
  • OCLC: 41116903
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2699106 | View in Discover
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc433

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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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  • 1918

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  • June 12, 2006, 9:02 p.m.

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  • May 21, 2018, 11:09 p.m.

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Raleigh, Henry Patrick, 1880-1945. Halt the Hun! : buy U.S. government bonds, Third Liberty Loan., poster, 1918; Chicago, Ill.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc433/: accessed March 22, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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