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☛ Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington: “Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your clock back one hour at 2 A.M. Sunday October 27th.”, United Cigar Stores Company (sponsor), lithograph, color, 68 x 38 cm. (Public Domain). Follow the link for a much higher resolution TIFF file.
Poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a clock-headed figure. The clock face reads “One hour of extra daylight,” and the figure wears a “War service medal.” Caption: “Goodbye, Uncle, see you next Spring.”. Unidentified artist’s monogram. Title from item.
Browse similar lithographs about daylight saving here.
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