Aug 02, 2017 - Sale 2453

Sale 2453 - Lot 167

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CHARLES CHAMBERS (1883-1941) FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR. 1918.
29 3/4x19 1/4 inches, 75 1/2x49 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., New York.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses and creases in margins and image.
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.