This Town Is Your Home | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society

Poster

This Town Is Your Home

This Town Is Your Home | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society
Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with smokestacks in the background. A cartoon blackbird is commenting: "Be as proud of your town and its industries as you are of your home." In the second panel, a man and woman carrying packages are looking into the shop window of a dry goods store. On the window is a sign that reads: "For the good of this town, buy what you need at home — for that is where you earn the money to buy." The man says: "It's only fair that we do our buying at home." Poster text reads: "THIS TOWN IS YOUR HOME. Help to make it a better home by CO-OPERATING with its merchants and business men. TREAT YOUR INDUSTRIES FAIRLY and they must be fair to you."
DESCRIPTION
Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with smokestacks in the background. A cartoon blackbird is commenting: "Be as proud of your town and its industries as you are of your home." In the second panel, a man and woman carrying packages are looking into the shop window of a dry goods store. On the window is a sign that reads: "For the good of this town, buy what you need at home — for that is where you earn the money to buy." The man says: "It's only fair that we do our buying at home." Poster text reads: "THIS TOWN IS YOUR HOME. Help to make it a better home by CO-OPERATING with its merchants and business men. TREAT YOUR INDUSTRIES FAIRLY and they must be fair to you."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:130252
Creation Date:circa 1918
Creator Name:National Industrial Conservation Movement
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Collection Name:World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918
Genre:Poster
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PH 6030 (7) D1.5
Original Dimensions:19 x 25 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cartoons signed by Phifer.
SUBJECTS
Dwellings
Yards
Business
Shopping
School buildings
Propaganda
War posters
World War, 1914-1918
Men
Women
Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing and dress
Hats
Factories

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