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WWI HUMAN ART!

These photos were made during World War I by artists Mole & Thomas. The number of people coming together to form an image beats all the records. 'On a stifling July day in 1918, 18,000 officers and soldiers posed as Lady Liberty on the parade grounds at Camp Dodge. According to a July 3, 1986, story in the Fort Dodge Messenger, many men fainted-they were dressed in woolen uniforms-as the temperature neared 105 degrees Farenheit. The photo, taken from the top of a specially constructed tower by a Chicago photography studio, Mole & Thomas, was intended to help promote the sale of war bonds but was never used.' (Grover 1987) Many examples of Mole's patriotic photographs in true perspective still exist. Pay close attention to the way spatial depth and perspective is defied. As in the Statue of Liberty there are twice as many men in the flame of the torch as in the rest of the design. Photographs by Mole and Thomas are in the collections of the Chicago Historical Society, the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.

Here are a few examples of their fine works of art! Enjoy :)


The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the
vigilant, the active, the brave... --Patrick Henry--



From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered
with the blood of tyrants and patriots. --Thomas Jefferson--



People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough
men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell--



We have met the enemy and they are ours!
--Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813--



Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small,
large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and
good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently
overwhelming might of the enemy. --Winston Churchill--



A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.
--Adapted from Henry G. Bohn--



In war there is no substitute for victory.
--General Douglas MacArthur--



We make war that we may live in peace. --Aristotle--



Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.
--Samuel Johnson--





These People Gave Their All
In The Name Of Freedom

Just As Our Troops Do Today.

NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
AND YES, IT IS THAT IMPORTANT!






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