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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Pictures, prints & maps
Commissioned by the U.S. Committee on Public Information, more than
300 of America's most famous illustrators, cartoonists, designers,
and fine artists donated their services to create more than 700
posters in an effort to build patriotism, raise funds for war
bonds, encourage enlistment, and increase volunteerism during World
War I. The Winds and Words of War is a rich collection of World War
I-era posters created between 1916 and 1917 to motivate the country
to abandon a position of remoteness and connect with European
allies against German aggression and tyranny. These images became a
great equalizing force in American culture, causing people of all
backgrounds and classes, rural or urban, educated or uneducated, to
rally to the cause. Some 450 of these posters are part of the San
Antonio Public Library's permanent collection, bequeathed in 1940
by Harry Hertzberg, a Texas state senator and avid memorabilia
collector. The posters were created by a group of early
twentieth-century American artists, among them Charles Dana Gibson,
Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, Guy Lipscombe,
Charles Buckle Falls, Haskell Coffin, and Norman Rockwell. The
lithographs' heroic images and patriotic slogans depicted military
and civilian effort and sacrifice, aiming to inspire young men and
women to enlist, pick up a flag, and support the soldiers and
nurses during a trying time in American history. The posters, many
of which appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, are
both testaments to the people who volunteered their service and
excellent examples of the period's advertising strategies and
graphic design.
The Light is the third book of the HIStory Book series. It explores
Jesus's parables and their in-depth mysteries. This book is
developed from the Biblical writings of Matthew As Jesus teaches
His disciples, instructing His chosen few. Since God has called us
to be His disciples here on earth, We should study and understand
these parables amazing worth My prayer is that you see the Light as
if Jesus were to talk And the Light enhances your faith and
comforts your daily walk. God's Light is the hope shining into the
world's increasing darkness, And His love fills our lives through
His words of infinite truthfulness. In His service, Jasper
Snellings.
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