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Collection StructurePoster collection
> You saved them in 1917. Will you let them starve now? ... "The shadow of shame." Do not let it darken your door. Starving women and children are pleading to you for food. Will they plead in vain? In Lithuania women are concealing deaths of their children in order to retain bread cards. ... Act at once. Starving people cannot wait ... [Verso: The shadow of shame]
Item Title
You saved them in 1917. Will you let them starve now? ... "The shadow of shame." Do not let it darken your door. Starving women and children are pleading to you for food. Will they plead in vain? In Lithuania women are concealing deaths of their children in order to retain bread cards. ... Act at once. Starving people cannot wait ... [Verso: The shadow of shame]
Collection TitlePoster collection
Artist
Cozzy
Issuing Body
American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War
Date Created1918?
Description
Drawing of an allegorical figure and the refugee she is protecting spurning a male figure labelled "war relief slacker." Double-sided.
Theme(s)
Language(s)
Country of Origin
Country of OriginUnited States
Place PublishedNew York, United States
DimensionsOverall: 19 x 12 in. (48.3 x 30.5 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster US 3619
Record NumberXX343.27002
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
RightsNo known restrictions.
