Halt the Hun!
Date1918
Illustration CitationWorld War I poster advertising United States Government Bonds
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 29 7/16 × 19 7/8 in. (74.8 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1979
Object number1979-225
Label TextThis poster was designed for the Third Liberty Loan campaign in which the general public was encouraged to buy U.S. Government Bonds. "The Hun" was a common pejorative used in America for the German enemy; the eipthet associated German soldiers with Attila’s nomadic hoards of the 5th century ACE who swept across the continent committing slaughter and destruction.
