Shpeiz Vet Gevinen di Krieg! [“Food Will Win the War!”] Yiddish text.
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 313
(WORLD WAR I).
Shpeiz Vet Gevinen di Krieg! [“Food Will Win the War!”] Yiddish text.
New York, (1918):
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
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. Do Not Let Anything Go to Waste.”
See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History: The Jewish Poster (1989) p. 16.