Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Semez du bleacute. Cest de lor pour la France
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Few wartime posters tie a grain crop so directly to national survival as this one, which tells French readers to sow wheat because it is "gold for France." The 1918 lithograph pairs a scythe and the tricolor with the idea of the harvest, reflecting a country whose farms had been strained by nearly four years of war and by the occupation of productive land in the north and northeast. Campaigns like this urged farmers to plant and civilians to conserve bread, since grain meant both food and economic security. The poster is signed by Suzanne Ferrand.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 54 x 36 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Grow wheat. It is gold for France. Signed: Suzanne Ferrand. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26 no. 9a (with same title 55 x 35 cm.). Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918. Item is no. 229 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZZ · Preissig Vojtech artist. |
| Subjects | Wheat--1910-1920. Scythes--19110-1920. Flags--French--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 610 × 892 px |
| Reference | 695_Semez_du_bleacute_Cest_1918.tif-S |
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