Journeacutee du Calvados. 15 aoocirct 1915. Au profit des oeuvres de guerre du Deacutepartement – Vintage Print
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Journeacutee du Calvados. 15 aoocirct 1915. Au profit des oeuvres de guerre du Deacutepartement
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Issued for a single day of fundraising, this two-color lithograph announces a Calvados Day on August 15, 1915, with proceeds going to war charities serving the Calvados department in Normandy. It is signed by C. Léandre, the French caricaturist and illustrator Charles Léandre, known for his sharp, exaggerated figures. Local "journées" like this were a common wartime method in France for raising money for soldiers and their families, and the poster's bold, simplified style was meant to be taken in quickly from a street wall.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors) ; 121 x 80 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Calvados Day. August 15 1915. To benefit the war charities of the Department of [Calvados]. Signed: C. Leacuteandre 1915. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1915. Item is no. 115 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. ADE · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. Women--France--Calvados. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,750 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1473_Journeacutee_du_Calvado_1915 |
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