Guide to the Third Liberty Loan Subscriber Window Poster MSS.3149
Third Liberty Loan Subscriber Window Poster
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Third Liberty Loan Subscriber Window Poster
- Unit ID:
MSS.3149
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet
- Dates:
1918
- Abstract:
A window poster for the Third Liberty Loan sale in 1918.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2008
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a 1918 Third Liberty Loan Subscriber window poster.
Biographical/Historical note
Liberty Bonds were sold by the United States government during World War I to bolster finances for the Allies. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Third Liberty Loan offer opened April 5, 1918.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Third Liberty Loan Subscriber Window Poster, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, 2010
Source(s)
Liberty bonds (lcsh)
World War, 1914-1918 (lcsh)
Window Poster Box SC0052 Folder 3149.1