La petite guerre – Historic Reproduction
![La petite guerre, [S.l. : s.n.], 1914. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/57e36ae76b06-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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La petite guerre
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Children building snowmen in a winter scene give this 1914 color lithograph its title, *La petite guerre*, or "the little war," a playful phrase that sets a childhood game against the larger conflict that began that year. Edouard Bernard signed the work with the date 1914, and the record lists the Canada Food Board as a sponsor, which places the poster within the wartime effort to rally civilians behind home-front causes. Posters of this period often used everyday scenes like this one to make an appeal feel familiar, and the snowmen the children make are the kind of symbol the subject headings point to.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n.], 1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 48 x 65 cm. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1910-1920.War posters French 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Translation of title: The little war. Signed: Edouard Bernard, 1914. Promotional goal: Fr. J44. 1914. Item is no. 157 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AHE |
| Subjects | Children playing in snow--1910-1920. Snowmen--1910-1920. Symbols--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,772 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214339 |
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