How will you answer your child? ... "Daddy, why should they starve when we have so much?" Think of the hundreds of thousands of little children starving for the want of a crust of bread. Think of the mothers standing by and see their children dying at their feet. And then give your child an answer. The kind of answer that will bring tears of joy to your eyes and peace in your heart ... New York will do its duty. – Works

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Collection StructurePoster collection > How will you answer your child? ... "Daddy, why should they starve when we have so much?" Think of the hundreds of thousands of little children starving for the want of a crust of bread. Think of the mothers standing by and see their children dying at their feet. And then give your child an answer. The kind of answer that will bring tears of joy to your eyes and peace in your heart ... New York will do its duty.

Item Title How will you answer your child? ... "Daddy, why should they starve when we have so much?" Think of the hundreds of thousands of little children starving for the want of a crust of bread. Think of the mothers standing by and see their children dying at their feet. And then give your child an answer. The kind of answer that will bring tears of joy to your eyes and peace in your heart ... New York will do its duty.

Collection TitlePoster collection

Artist Cozzy

Issuing Body American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. New York Campaign

Date Created1918?

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Drawing of man trying to decide how to answer his daughter, who is pointing at a newspaper headline reporting the starvation of Jews in the war zone. Verso: Mailing envelope with words: "How will you answer your child? New York will do its duty." Double-sided.

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