Union des Familles Françaises et Alliées: Frères et Sœurs de Guerre – Vintage Print
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Union des Familles Françaises et Alliées: Frères et Sœurs de Guerre
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Rather than showing a battlefield or a soldier, this 1917 piece presents a pledge of kinship: its title, "Frères et Sœurs de Guerre," or "Brothers and Sisters of War," names a bond between men at the front and the civilians who wrote to them. Correspondence schemes of this kind, in which French women took on the role of war godmother to soldiers with few letters from home, spread widely as the conflict dragged on. The Union des Familles Françaises et Alliées, named in the title, appears to have been among the groups encouraging these ties, and the appeal shows how the home front was asked to share in the strain of a long war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Original scan | 2,774 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1046_Union_des_familles_Fran_1917 |
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