Pour que vos enfants ne – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Pour que vos enfants ne. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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The title, "Pour que vos enfants ne...", is a French phrase meaning "So that your children will not...," and the record gives no more of it, so the wording of the appeal is left open. Its 1917 date places it in the third year of the war, when France had lost hundreds of thousands of men and the home front was asked to keep up the effort through war bonds, production, and public morale. Posters of this kind addressed parents directly, linking the sacrifice of soldiers at the front to the futures of families at home. The phrasing, which speaks to "your children" rather than to soldiers, is worth noticing as an example of how wartime messaging appealed to civilians.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Original scan | 2,796 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1603_Pour_que_vos_enfants_ne_1917 |
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