Aug 03, 2016 - Sale 2421

Sale 2421 - Lot 148

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CHARLES CHAMBERS (1883-1941) FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR. 1918.
29 3/4x19 3/4 inches, 75x50 1/4 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., New York.
Condition A-: minor tears, creases and foxing 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 English version. Magnes p. 49, Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94 (var), Borkan p. 60, Gallo p. 92.