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True sons of freedom : colored men, the first Americans who planted our Flag on the firing line.

WWI recruitment poster showing African American soldiers charging a German line, with American flag, also shows airplanes flying above. Abraham Lincoln appears as if looking dowm with his quote from the Gettysburg Address "Liberty and freedom shall not perish", followed by his facsimile si...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Photo
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Chas. Gustrine, [1918]
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American > Posters.
United States. > Army > African American troops > Pictorial works.
United States. > Army > Recruiting, enlistment, etc. > World War, 1914-1918 > Posters.
African American soldiers > Posters.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 369th > Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Propaganda > Posters.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Quotations > Posters.
War posters, American > Specimens.
African Americans > War > 1910-1920.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Military personnel > American > 1910-1920.
1914-1918
lithographs.
Posters > 1910-1920.
Chromolithographs > Color > 1910-1920.
Lithographs.
Lithographies.
Posters.
Description
Summary:WWI recruitment poster showing African American soldiers charging a German line, with American flag, also shows airplanes flying above. Abraham Lincoln appears as if looking dowm with his quote from the Gettysburg Address "Liberty and freedom shall not perish", followed by his facsimile signature.
Physical Description:1 poster : chromolithograph, color ; sheet 51 x 41 cm