Pour la belle terre de France
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| Title | Pour la belle terre de France |
| Poster Text French | Pour la belle terre de France. “Paysans de France, saluons les soldats de la libre Amérique qui viennent par millions mêler leur sang à celui de nos fils, pour nous conserver le droit de cultiver notre champ et pour empêcher les barbares de nous ravir les libertés conquises.” |
| Artist | García Benito, Eduardo, 1891-1981 |
| English Translation | For the beautiful land of France. French countrymen, let’s greet the free American soldiers who are arriving by the millions to mix their blood with that of our brothers, in order to conserve our right to cultivate our fields and to prevent the barbarians from ravishing our hard-won liberties. |
| Printer | Librairie Grasset |
| Description | French women harvesting wheat wave to a passing group of American soldiers, while a train passes in the distance. Another American soldier is scything the wheat. |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Genre | War posters |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1914-1919 |
| Type | |
| Dimensions | 47 x 36.8 cm |
| Language | fre |
| Location-Folder | University of Illinois Archives: Collection 35/1/42, Folder 4 |
| Repository | University of Illinois Archives |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |
| Rights Description | Digital Reproduction by History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
| Collection Title | French World War I Posters |
| Collection | French World War I Posters |
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