Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill (LOC)

United Cigar Stores Company,, sponsor.

 

Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill

 

[1918]

 

1 print (poster) : color lithograph ; sheet 95 x 53 cm.

 

Notes:

Poster showing Uncle Sam turning a clock to Daylight Savings time as a clock-headed figure throws his hat in the air. The clock face of the figure reads "One hour of extra daylight."

Title from item.

Caption: "Get your hoe ready!"

Unidentified artist's monogram.

Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April - Nov. 2017.

 

Subjects:

Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States.

Clocks & watches--1910-1920.

Daylight savings--1910-1920.

Farming--1910-1920.

 

Format: War posters--American--1910-1920.

Lithographs--Color--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "World War I Posters" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/243_wwipos.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.50987

 

Call Number: POS - US .U55, no. 4

 

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