We Are Doing Our Bit

Item Information

Title:
We Are Doing Our Bit
Description:
This poster advertising bonds includes a battle scene featuring a lone African American soldier with rifle and bayonet holding off German troops. Explosions and a tattered American flag appear in the background. It is based on a painting by Jennie Touissant Welcome entitled "Charge of the Colored Divisions." [New York] Touissant Studios, [1918] Poster advertising bonds for Commonwealth Liberty Loan Committee, Boston.
Date:
1918
Format:
Prints
Location:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Collection (local):
Massachusetts Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Lithography
War posters--American--1910--1920
Liberty bonds--Posters
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Boston (Mass.)
Extent:
81 cm x 56 cm
Link to Item:
http://www.masshist.org/database/3050
Terms of Use:
Item from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Image use and licensing information: www.masshist.org/library/permissions
Contact host institution for more information.
Language:
English
Identifier:
nuview_3050