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Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Liberty Loan Committee "Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09807.06 Author/Creator: Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Liberty Loan Committee Place Written: New York, New York Type: Poster Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 40.3 cm, Width: 38.8 cm Order a Copy

One poster entitled, "Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan," dated 1918. Text refers to the service rendered by Sergeant Grady Parrish at Cote de Chatillon on October 16th. Advertisement suggests how Parrish wouldn't have been able to complete an attack against Prussians without weaponry. Artwork is a portrait of Parrish painted at the frontlines by Joseph Cummings Chase.

Chase, Joseph Cummings, 1878-1965
Parrish, Grady, fl. 1918

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