Feb 07, 2019 - Sale 2498

Sale 2498 - Lot 352

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHARLES E. CHAMBERS (1883-1941) [FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR.] 1918.
29 3/4x19 3/4 inches, 75 1/2x50 cm. Rusling Wood Litho., New York.
Condition A-: minor creases in text; repaired pin holes in corners.
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.