1917 World War One American poster - Shall We Be More Tender with our Dollars Than with The Lives of Our Sons? (Linen-backed) de same epoch) which was evidently

same epoch) which was evidently designed to get you out and about on your bike

and Nectar (a mascot with bug eyes who always seems to be in the right place at the right time) at his goofiest

Designed by Torsten Schonberg

The poster is an almost exact replica of Robert Bonfils's 1925 poster which has become synonymous with the World Fair

He believed in the aesthetic ideal of Gesamtkunstwerk (German for "total work of art")

1917 World War One American poster - Shall We Be More Tender with our Dollars Than with The Lives of Our Sons? (Linen-backed) de same epoch) which was evidentlyDate: 1917 Size: 20 x 30 inches About the Poster: The title is a quote attributed to U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo, and his signature is on the poster. Depicted are a soldier and a sailor bearing a flag and a handbill reading "We Depend On You." Promotes purchase of United States Government Bond of the Second Liberty Loan of 1917. Poster was recently linen backed and is in very good condition. Rare and ready to frame.