URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/38074
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Why we are at war, published by order of Minnesota Commission of Public Safety. Our government did not declare war on Germany. It declared that a state of war existed, because Germany was already committing acts of war ... If we are beaten, what have we a right to expect? What Germany has already inflicted on conquered peoples: Towns laid waste; homes desolated. Men driven into slavery. Women driven into slavery, worse than slavery. Huge indemnities that shall cripple all industries ...
Item Title Why we are at war, published by order of Minnesota Commission of Public Safety. Our government did not declare war on Germany. It declared that a state of war existed, because Germany was already committing acts of war ... If we are beaten, what have we a right to expect? What Germany has already inflicted on conquered peoples: Towns laid waste; homes desolated. Men driven into slavery. Women driven into slavery, worse than slavery. Huge indemnities that shall cripple all industries ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. Committee of Public Safety
Publisher Louis F. Dow Co.
Date Created 1917/1918?
Description Text only. Variant of US 4743; language varies (text in Swedish?)
Subject(s) United States Causes Minnesota Commission of Public Safety World War, 1914-1918 Germany Pangermanism Social aspects
Language(s) English Swedish
Country of Origin United States
Place Published St Paul, Minnesota, United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4743A
Record Number XX343.28450
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.