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Lot of 2. Chromolithograph, 16 x 20 in. True Sons of Freedom. Chicago, IL: Charles Gustrine, 1918. African American soldiers with swords and bayonetted rifles attack German troops under the Stars and Stripes. With portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the upper right looking on serenely with approval with a paraphrase of the Gettysburg Address and a facsimile signature. With caption, "Colored Men, The First Americans Who Planted Our Flag on the Firing Line." An uplift poster honoring the 200,000 African Americans who served in combat roles. One of several commissioned by the Committee on Public Information under the direction of George Creel. Chromolithograph, 5.75 x 8 in. (sight), in original decorative mat, 9.675 x 14.25 in. No Place Like Home. Publisher unknown, n.d., ca 1915. An uplift print depicting idyllic domesticity in an African American home. A well-dressed gentleman comforts an older woman, presumably his mother, while his wife plays the piano.