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Place North & Central America: Canada
Accession Number ARTV00498
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 59.8 x 44cm
Object type Poster
Physical description chromolithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Canadian Government
Unknown
Place made Canada
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

First World War poster issued by the Canadian Government to sell thrift stamps. Children were encouraged to buy thrift stamps which could be saved up and exchanged for a Victory Bond. This poster depicts two young boys in short pants standing beside a wall bearing a circus poster featuring a clown and performing dog and horse. The boy on the left has his back to the viewer looking at the poster, whereas the boy on the right faces the viewer and holds Dominion of Canada thrift cards'. The image covers the whole, with the title and text integrated. The title is positioned along the bottom, in red, and the text is placed across the top in black. The triangular War Savings Stamps emblem is positioned in the lower right.

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