Food Will Win the War [Yiddish]

Charles Edward Chambers, American, 1883 - 1941

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1917

Lithograph on paper

Overall: 29 13/16 × 19 1/2 in. (75.7 × 49.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Willis S. Fitch, Class of 1917 or Gift of Edward Tuck, Class of 1862

PS.987.6.689

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Poster

Research Area

Poster

Not on view

Inscriptions

(Rusling Wood, Litho., N.Y.); On canvas; Printed, blue ink, lower right: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE LIBRARY Text (in translation): You came here seeking freedom. Now you must preserve it. Wheat is needed for the allies. Waste nothing.

Course History

HIST 21, Modern American Thought and Culture, Spring 2019

HIST 21, Modern American Thought and Culture, Spring 2019

HIST 21, Modern American Thought and Culture, Spring 2019

Provenance

Acquired by either Willis Stetson Fitch (1896-1978) or Edward Tuck (1842-1938), date unknown; given to Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, date unknown; transferred to present collection, 1987.Acquired by either Willis Stetson Fitch (1896-1978) or Edward Tuck (1842-1938), date unknown; given to Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, date unknown; transferred to present collection, 1987

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