Aug 01, 2018 - Sale 2484

Sale 2484 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHARLES CHAMBERS (1883-1941) [FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR.] 1918.
30x19 3/4 inches, 76 1/4x50 1/4 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., New York.
Condition A- / B+: minor loss in upper right corner; minor tears, creases and staining in margins. Paper.
Published by the U.S. Food Administration, this poster reminds immigrants of the beauty, promise and joy of arriving in New York Harbor in an appeal for their help saving food to feed the Allies. To reach as broad an immigrant base as possible, this poster appeared in several different languages including English, Italian and Hungarian. This is the Yiddish version. Magnes p. 49, Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94 (var), Borkan p. 60, Gallo p. 92.