Mon cher foyer je taime tu es la maison de chacun le chez soi pour tous -- un poilu – Historic Reproduction
(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 Mon cher foyer je taime tu es la maison de chacun le chez soi pour tous -- un poilu, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mon cher foyer je taime tu es la maison de chacun le chez soi pour tous -- un poilu
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Its French title, *Mon cher foyer*, translates roughly as "My dear hearth," and the poster casts a poilu, the nickname for a French infantryman, as speaking fondly to the home he left behind. Lawrence Harris signed the lithograph and dated it 1918, the final year of the war, when soldiers relied on rest huts and canteens near the front for comfort. The credit to the United States Food Administration, a wartime agency that managed food supplies, points to the cooperation between American and French relief efforts. The forest setting noted in the record suggests the wooded landscapes where many such soldiers were posted.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 121 x 80 cm. |
| Notes | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. World War 1914-1918--Military facilities--French. Forests--France--1910-1920. · United States. Food Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | Translation of title: My dear home I love you you are the home for each of us -- a poilu. Signed: Lawrence Harris France. 1918. Promotional goal: Fr. G21. 1918. Item is no. 200 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYCC |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,798 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 995_Mon_cher_foyer_je_taime_1918 |
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