[YIDDISH] - Lot 72

[YIDDISH] Color lithographic poster published during World War I calling for aid to the Allies. New York, Rusling Wood, n.d., circa 1917-1918. Canvas poster. 76 x 51 cm Poster published by the United States Food Administration headed by Herbert Hoover (the agency responsible for providing food to American and Allied soldiers in World War I). The poster appeals to immigrants: "You came here for freedom, now you must help defend it. The Allies need wheat. Don't waste anything. The illustration depicts immigrants in New York Harbor, with the Statue of Liberty and a red, white and blue rainbow in the background. The poster was designed by the American artist Charles Edward CHAMBERS (1883-1941). He was an advertising illustrator as well as a storyteller. His illustrations were published in many of the most important magazines in the United States, including Cosmopolitan and Harper's. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israelite, Israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, ketouba