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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
  • Still image  
  • Poster  
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
TitlePour la belle terre de France
Poster Text FrenchPour 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.”
ArtistGarcía Benito, Eduardo, 1891-1981  
English TranslationFor 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.
PrinterLibrairie Grasset  
DescriptionFrench 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.
SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918  
GenreWar posters  
Coverage-Temporal1914-1919  
Type
  • Still image  
  • Poster  
Dimensions47 x 36.8 cm
Languagefre
Location-FolderUniversity of Illinois Archives: Collection 35/1/42, Folder 4
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois Archives
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionDigital Reproduction by History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Collection TitleFrench World War I Posters
CollectionFrench World War I Posters

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