URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/36330
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Proclamation by the Mayor. Whereas, I am credibly informed upon the most reliable authority that there are at the present moment more than 2,500,000 men, women and children in Armenia, Syria and Palestine who are on the verge of starvation; ... I, John Purroy Michel, Mayor of the City of New York, do hereby designate ... November 10 and 11, 1917, as days which all citizens should observe ... and give offerings for their immediate and adequate relief ...
Item Title Proclamation by the Mayor. Whereas, I am credibly informed upon the most reliable authority that there are at the present moment more than 2,500,000 men, women and children in Armenia, Syria and Palestine who are on the verge of starvation; ... I, John Purroy Michel, Mayor of the City of New York, do hereby designate ... November 10 and 11, 1917, as days which all citizens should observe ... and give offerings for their immediate and adequate relief ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body New York (N.Y.). Mayor (1914-1917 : John P. Michel)
Date Created October 30, 1917
Description Text with seal.
Subject(s) Civilian relief Palestine Syria International relief World War, 1914-1918 Food question Armenia Charities War work Armenian question
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 3421
Record Number XX343.26706
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.