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Title
Office de renseignements pour les familles dispersées créé par le Conseil National des Femmes Françaises 27, Avenue de l'Opéra
Alternative Title
Information office for separated families created by the National Council of French Women 27, Avenue of the Opera.
Creator
Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre, 1859-1923, artist
Imprimerie Crété, printer
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Prints, advertising; Image of an older man, presumably a grandfather, holding a small girl in his arms while another child stands next to him; the poster provides instructions in French to French and Belgian soldiers and civilians for contacting the Information Office for Separated Families created by the National Council of French Women during World War I.
Date based on year in artist's signature. "Steinlen 1915"--text, artist's signature, lower center left of image. "11003-15. - Imp. Crété, Corbeil."--text, bottom left margin. "Les Services de l'Office sont Gratuits"--text, bottom right margin. "Civils ou soldats francais ou belges qui recherchez l'un des vôtres, adressez vous a nous. Déjà un grand nombre de familles dispersées ont été réunies par nos soins. Les évacués ou réfugiés dont nous pouvons donner l'adresse actuelle se comptent par centaines de mille. Il suffit de nous indiquer par lettre, bien lisiblement, le nom, les prénoms, l'âge, le domicile avant la guerre de la personne recherchée. Ecrivez donc à l'office de renseignements pour les familles dispersées 27 Avenue de l'Opéra. Paris"--text of poster.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 95.73 x 63.66 cm (37 11/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Identifier
priWWI_L_21
414761
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23610
Subject
Charities--France
Children--Pictorial works
Families--Pictorial works
Older men--Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--France
Conseil National des Femmes Françaises
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
War posters--French--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection
World War I
Your Country Calls
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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