Sitting Bull, Custer Battlefield Poster

• Made in U.S.A.
• Poster, unframed
• 20 X 28 inches

• Product Description

• This print by artist Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Sitting Bull, Custer Battlefield was distributed by the National Park Service's U.S. Department of Interior in 1979 as a poster for the National Monument in Montana. It memorializes Chief Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapa Lakota people, a political and spiritual leader who had a vision of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This was seen as a foreshadowing of victory by his people and was played out in the conflict with a heavy loss of 7th cavalry soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer.

During World Wars I and II, many branches of the federal government used posters to urge Americans to support the war effort. In a time without TV or the internet, posters were an inexpensive way to deliver powerful messages to millions of people. The government hired well-known artists to create designs that unified the American people, and new posters are still in production. These posters serve as significant historical artifacts that document the efforts to mobilize and inspire the American public during the World Wars.

Due to the mandatory transfer of records from federal agencies, the National Archives acquired a significant collection of famous posters that were created by the federal government.

The National Archives preserves more than 50,000 posters in its Still Picture holdings.