Prints, advertising; Image of immigrants arriving at a dock in the New York Harbor with a rainbow, a ship, the Manhattan skyline, and Statue of Liberty in the distance; a young man wearing a red cap guides an older woman holding a basket of food in the foreground; the poster's text, directed to Italian immigrants, promotes the conservation of food as part of the war effort in the United States during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on approximate date provided for poster in Hingham, Hanging Together, page 52. "Administrazione Viveri Degli Stati Uniti"--text, bottom center margin. "C. E. Chambers"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image. "No. 18b"--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; image 75.88 x 50.8 cm (29 7/8 x 20 in.) ; overall 81.6 x 55.88 cm (32 1/8 x 22 in.)
Immigrants--Pictorial works Food conservation New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Pictorial works Rationing Ships--Pictorial works Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States United States Food Administration Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) War posters--American--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection World War I Your Country Calls Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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