Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coquemer imp. Paris. – Vintage Print
![Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coquemer imp. Paris., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2b024a936659-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coquemer imp. Paris.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coquemer imp. Paris.
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The poster takes the road leading into Verdun as its subject, with a Y.M.C.A. canteen at its end. A Y.M.C.A. secretary named Coquemer sketched the scene on location, and the color lithograph was printed in Paris in 1917. Verdun had been devastated by the battle of 1916, and the Y.M.C.A. ran canteens that offered soldiers coffee, food, and a place to rest near the front. The poster's arches and its focus on the road show the damaged landscape that the canteen workers passed through, and it was made to draw American support for that work.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 75 cm. |
| Genre | War posters 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Visa-15,749. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.)--France--Verdun--1910-1920. Arches--France--Verdun--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,767 × 4,574 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222862 |
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