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Poster: Fight or Buy Bonds - Third Liberty Loan
Howard Chandler Christy, 1873 - 1952
Christy, Howard Chandler
United States
1873 - 1952
Male
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1917
1917
1917
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Printed by Forbes, Boston
1973.181
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/16/2001
73.181DI1
digital image
full
2/22/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/73.181_A1.jpg
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Poster: Clear-The-Way!! Buy Bonds - Fourth Liberty Loan
Howard Chandler Christy, 1873 - 1952
Christy, Howard Chandler
United States
1873 - 1952
Male
30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
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sheet
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1918
1918
1918
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The Christy Girl-part goddess, part girl-next-door-was a popular figure created by illustrator Howard Chandler Christy. In his war posters, the artist often used the Christy Girl, plus a heady dose of sex appeal, to convey the message "real men go to war."
In Clear-The-Way!! Columbia wears an alluring, diaphanous white dress as she presides over muscled, testosterone-fueled soldiers manning guns on a ship. The contradiction is palpable; Columbia calls the virile soldiers to war as her soft lines and open mouth beckon to the viewer.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
Printed by Forbes, Boston.
1973.180
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/16/2001
73.180DI1
digital image
full
2/22/2006
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/73.180_A1.jpg