Auction 55 · Lot 342
Shpeiz Vet Gevinen di Krieg! [“Food Will Win the War!”] .
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- $800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICA).
Place
New York, (1918)
Description
Poster. Laid down onto board
summary
This poster designed by Charles Edward Chambers and issued by the United States Food Administration, implies 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.
30 x 20 inches.
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