Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 1,092
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CHARLES E. CHAMBERS FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR. 1917.
30x20 inches. Rustling Wood, New York.
Condition B+: minor repaired tears in margins; creases in margins and image.
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 is an appeal to new citizens to help their adopted country save food to feed the Allies by visually reminding immigrants of the beauty, promise and joy of arriving in New York harbor (patriotically and inspirationally complete with Statue of Liberty, red, white and blue rainbow and golden buildings). "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). To reach as broad an immigrant base as possible, this poster appeared in several different languages including English, Yiddish, Italian and Hungarian. Rawls p. 113, Theofiles p. 94, Borkan p. 59.