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War Rages In France, We Must Feed Them
1914/1918
Townsend
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American
Unknown
Commercial lithograph printed in color
image: 17 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. 45.3 x 47.0 cm sheet: 29 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. 75.8 x 50.6 cm
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wiener
F82.279
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In plate below image, lower right: TOWNSEND
In plate, lower center: WAR / RAGES in FRANCE; left bottom margin: They cannot / fight & raise / food at the / same time; center bottom margin: WE / MUST / FEED / THEM; right bottom margin: Denying ourselves only a / little means / Life to Them; center bottom edge: United States Food Administration
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Townsend, War Rages In France, We Must Feed Them, 1914/1918, Commercial lithograph printed in color. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wiener, F82.279.
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