Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

$1000 A Minute For Victory Loan! A real war show is given under the supervision of the U.S. Ordinance Department. Hand grenades and machine and field guns are being discharged at a cost of $1000 a minute to interest the public in buying Victory Bonds. Only explosives that deteriorate are being used. (Win Your Fifth Service Stripe -- Invest In The Victory Loan!)

To help finance the war effort and build patriotism, the U.S. Treasury issued securities termed “Liberty Bonds” in June and October 1917 and in May and October 1918. A fifth and final issue, termed the Victory Liberty Loan or Victory Loan, was issued in May 1919 to consolidate short-term debt issued during the war.

Credited in plate with typeset credit and title on label affixed to verso.

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Civilians
• Demonstrations
• Grenades
• Machine Guns
• U.S. Ordinance Department
• United States
• Victory bonds
• World War I

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