“Shpeyz Vet Gevenen die Krieg!” [“Food Will Win the War!”].
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 26
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
“Shpeyz Vet Gevenen die Krieg!” [“Food Will Win the War!”].
New York: (1917)
Est: $800 - $1,200
This poster issued by the United States Food Administration engages in moral exhortation, intimating to newly-naturalized citizens that the way to repay America for its welcome-mat, is by supporting the Allies in the war effort: “You Came Here to Find Freedom, Now You Must Help Defend it. We Must Supply the Allies With Wheat. Waste Nothing.”
See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History: The Jewish Poster (1989) p. 16.