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Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952 Clear the Way

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09676.01 Author/Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952 Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1919 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 76 cm, Width: 50 cm Order a Copy

One poster illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy of a World War I poster labeled "Clear the Way" including a mesage to buy bonds at Fourth Liberty Loan. Imagery contains an allegorical female representing America and sailors loading a torpedo into a canon aboard a ship.

Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952

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