Douglas Fairbanks Touring the US selling Liberty Bonds
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Title
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Douglas Fairbanks Touring the US selling Liberty Bonds
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Date
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1918
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Description
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A photograph of Douglas Fairbanks standing to a massive crowd trying to help the War effort in 1918. Selling War bonds.
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Scholarly Significance
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It shows Fairbanks' American identity. The allegiance to his nation.
Willingness to want to help and promote himself in the meantime.
The legacy of this photo, although outside the 1920-1929 time period is pivotal in understanding his importance to the US people and the legacy he led.
From the picture it is easy to imply that Fairbanks gives an authority to the crowd who are below him. He seems as if royalty or a God by how he is stood above the crowds as if better than them and he is also separated for his own safety.
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Place
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USA
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Rights
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National Archive US
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Cataloguer
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https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Alex Bartholomew
