Poster

Object number2010.39.141

Datec. 1920

Mediumpaper; ink

Credit LineTransfer from Steel Industry Heritage Corporation

DescriptionRectangular printed poster. Full color. Image of a menacing male, grey with green, holding a sword dripping in blood in proper right hand; proper left hand's fingers also drenched in blood. Figure appears hunched over a cityscape. Image of smoke floating around orange background. Water in foreground has message about Liberty Bonds.Dimensions30 x 19.75 in. (76.2 x 50.2 cm)
InscriptionsText on bottom half "Beat back the HUN / with / LIBERTY / BONDS".
MarksText on bottom edge, below image "3 B" and "F.Strothmann."
Historical NotesPart of a collection related to the Schofer family of Mt. Washington. Carl Schofer, who emigrated from Germany in the mid-1800s, was a highly skilled fresco artist. After buying a house on Mount Washington, he taught his son, Erwin, the business. When Carl died, Erwin inherited the family business. Due to the Great Depression and Erwin’s struggles with alcoholism he lost the business. During the Works Progress Administration (WPA) he was hired as the lead painting contractor for the county. Later in life he taught art at the Connelly Skill Learning Center. He died in 1955.

Related person Erwin Schofer (died 1955)

Related person Carl T. Schofer (1860 - 1920)

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