Lithograph poster. Charles Edward Chambers (1883-1941). Shpeiz Vet Gevinen di Krieg! ["Food Will Win the War! "] Yiddish text.

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 348

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Lithograph poster. Charles Edward Chambers (1883-1941). Shpeiz Vet Gevinen di Krieg! ["Food Will Win the War! "] Yiddish text.

30 x 20 inches. Laid down.

New York, (1918):

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

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 to Defend it. We Must Supply the Allies With Wheat. Do Not Let Anything Go to Waste." See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History: The Jewish Poster (1989) p. 16.