President Wilson's historic message, , 1917

Item — Item: wwp00035

Identifier: Subseries 1.5:

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Subseries

From the Item:

This subseries has miscellaneous posters of war poetry, propaganda against Germany, and speeches by President Wilson on the justification for war and the contested territory of Alsace-Lorraine.

Dates

Creation: 1917

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow (Speaker, Person)

Languages

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English and French.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 330 posters

Additional Description

Dimensions

14 x 20 in.

Note

Poster showing a transcript of Woodrow Wilson's Address to Congress on Monday, April 2nd, 1917. Above the text is a portrait of Woodrow Wilson surrounded by flags and topped by an eagle. Poster is copyrighted by Chas. G. Taylor, 1917. Poster is also signed by Taylor's Printery, Los Angeles; A.E. Mitchell; and Warren T. Potter, Publisher and Bookseller, 739 So. Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif. This instance of the poster contains graffiti: "Robert Bernard is a slacker". Reference Number: wwp00035