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==Commercial uses==
[[File:Me travel? ...not this summer. Vacation at home - DPLA - 7a9e2ab43e8296a54d6a9a601f2b11b4.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Office of War Mobilization|Office of War]] Information, Bureau of Special Services, 1943]]
By the 1890s, poster art had widespread use in other parts of Europe, advertising everything from bicycles to bullfights. Many posters have had great [[artistic merit]]. These include the posters advertising consumer products and entertainment, but also events such as the [[World's Fair]]s and [[Colonialism|Colonial]] [[Art exhibitions|Exhibitions]].
===Political uses===
The first widespread use of illustrated posters for political ends occurred during the First World War. War bond drives and recruitment posters soon replaced commercial advertisements. German graphic designers who had pioneered the simple Sachplakat style in the years leading up to the war, applied their talents to the war effort. Artists working for the Allied cause also adapted their art in wartime, as well.
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* More than [https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/collections#formats 33,000 political posters] from around the world, primarily from the twentieth century, available online at the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University.
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