Reacuteservez le vin pour nos poilus – Vintage Print
(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 Reacuteservez le vin pour nos poilus, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Civilians are asked here to hold back their wine so that the French soldiers called *poilus*, or "hairy ones," could be supplied. Suzanne Ferrand signed this color lithograph, printed in 1916 at 56 by 39 centimeters. Wine was part of the daily ration for many French troops, so wartime appeals like this one treated a household drink as a question of supply and morale. The poster shows how the war reached into ordinary kitchens and dinner tables as well as the front lines.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 56 x 39 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Save wine for our soldiers. Signed: Suzanne Ferrand. Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1916. Item is no. 228 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZZ · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Wine--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,781 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1625_Reacuteservez_le_vin_po_1916 |
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