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HARVEY T. DUNN 'VICTORY IS A QUESTION OF STAMINA' WWI ANTIQUE 29x21" COLOR LITHO

$ 183.48

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Harvey T. Dunn (American, 1884-1952): Dated 1917
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Large paper poster: Broadside
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Large folio: Printed on paper
  • Not laid down on board: Estate fresh/new to the marketplace
  • Authentic: Original
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • WWI original period ephemera: Offset color lithography
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • 29" Height x 21" Width: Top right corner has slight bit of paper loss
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: Very Good-Excellent overall antique cond: In 1917, the United States federal government, worried about wartime food shortages, passed the Food and Fuel Control Act, giving then US President Woodrow Wilson, the power to regulate the distribution, export, import, purchase and storage of food. President Wilson used this new power and legislated mandate, to create the US Food Administration under the direction of Herbert Hoover. This WWI food propaganda large folio broadside or color lithographed wall poster, shows two American doughboys on attack, with rifles and fixed bayonets, lurching ahead selflessly and heroically into the often deadly zone between the dug-out earthen trenches of the opposing armies, known as 'no man's land.' Under the graphic iconography is printed the typography that says the soldiers need fuel, namely 'wheat, meat, fats and sugar.' First painted and created by the American artist Harvey T. Dunn (USA, 1884-1952.) In simply wonderful overall antique cond. Amazing.
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • U.S. Food Administration: Lathem Litho. & Ptg. Co., Brooklyn, NY
  • 'Victory Is A Question Of Stamina': 'Send the wheat, meat, fats, sugar, the fuel...
  • Original period item: Color lithograph
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    HARVEY T. DUNN
    (AME
    RI
    CAN,
    1884-1952)
    DATED 1917
    'VICTORY IS A QUESTION OF STAMINA,'
    [Send The Wheat-Meat-Fats-Sugar,
    The Fuel for Fighters]
    ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, WWI COLOR
    LITHOGRAPH, 29" HEIGHT
    by
    21" WIDTH,
    LARGE FOLIO ADVERTISING EPHEMERA
    BROADSIDE/POSTER, US FOOD
    ADMINISTRATION
    By:
    Lathem Litho. & Ptg. Co., Brooklyn, NY
    (Dated 1917)
    Early 20th century
    Ame
    ri
    can
    antique original, authentic large folio,
    WWI,
    figurative color lithographed broadsides/wall posters
    DIMENSIONS:
    29" Height x 21" Width
    DESCRIPTION/
    BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
    In
    1917,
    the
    Unit
    ed St
    ates
    federal government,
    worried about wartime food shortages, passed the
    Food and Fuel Control Act,
    giving then
    US President Woodrow Wilson,
    the power to regulate the distribution, export, import, purchase and storage of food.
    President Wilson
    used this new power and legislated mandate, to create the
    US Food Administration
    under the direction of
    Herbert Hoover.
    This
    WWI food propaganda large folio broadside or color lithographed wall poster,
    shows two
    Ame
    ri
    can
    doughboys on attack, with rifles and fixed bayonets, lurching ahead selflessly and heroically into the often deadly zone between the dug-out earthen trenches of the opposing armies, known as 'no man's land.' Under the graphic iconography is printed the typography that says the soldiers need fuel, namely
    'wheat, meat, fats and sugar.'
    First painted and created by the
    Ame
    ri
    can
    artist
    Harvey T. Dunn
    (U
    S
    A,
    1884-1952.)
    CONDITION:
    Very Good to Excellent overall antique condition.