This photo has much to look at. This particular one is on it's way to Buenos Aires. This photo dated November 25, 1919 is just over a year after the Armistice was signed ending the Great War and putting the world on the path to World War II. The V for victory is on the left and the one on the right shows a list of major battles and is for selling war bonds (no borrowing from the Chinese back then) reminiscent of other propaganda slogans from any of our other wars for getting young men full of testosterone riled up and signing up . Examples: Remember The Alamo, Remember the Maine and Remember Pearl Harbor. My grandfather Adolph Godin was called a "SLACKER" because he chose not to fight in "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS" as the first world war was also called. The more common "World War I" designation was not part of our language until after the war 20 years later, which became World War II. The small banner above these two posters is another bond drive (the fourth). I better end my history lesson here or I may go on all day. I wish I could read the dial on the gauge. The weight has not yet been stenciled on the crate. This and the following two photos were sent by Leonard Thygesen who got these copies from former Buick office workers who worked in the main office. I know some of these photos have been distributed with the four winds. I know Lawrence Gustin and Terry Dunham cataloged some for the Buick Gallery in Flint. I know that duplicates like these were given out to employees. I seen a four drawer file cabinet with the lions share of photos being put up for sale on Ebay some years back. The starting bid was $50,000 and was dropped after only a couple of days. The Buick Gallery personnel asked me if I knew what happened to all the photos after the war because they do not have many of those in their collection. |
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