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CHARLES E. CHAMBERS (1883-1941) FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR. 1917. 30x20 inches, 76x51 cm. Rustling Wood, New York. Condition A. On May 5, 1917, Herbert Hoover was appointed head of the U.S. Food Administration, having already told President Wilson that "second only to military action [food] was the dominant factor" in the war (Rawls p. 112). This poster reminds immigrants of the beauty, promise and joy of arriving in New York harbor (optimistically rendered here with a red, white and blue rainbow and golden buildings) in an appeal for their help saving food to feed the Allies. "The central figure, with one hand firmly placed on a food basket, motions with his other hand toward a ship being loaded -- a gesture that impresses the viewer with the urgency of providing food for Europe" (Magnes p. 48). Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94, Borkan p. 59.
