eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8c051 JEWISH WELFARE BOARD 21x33 WWI war poster '18 cool soldier art by Sidney H. Riesenberg! Date Sold 6/30/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded World War I Poster (measures 20 1/2" x 33" [52 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) The Jewish Welfare Board, the 1918 U.S. World War I (WWI) Home Front poster ("Civilians. When we go through this we need all the help and comfort you can give."; "United War Work campaign - Week of November 11-1918") encouraging citizens to donate to help the Jewish Welfare Board send Jewish chaplains to Europe to "help and comfort" Jewish soldiers, and featuring Sidney H. Riesenberg art of a Jewish star (the Star of David) and a soldier standing with raised hand. Note that the National Jewish Welfare Board was formed in early 1917, right after the U.S. declared war on Germany. Its purpose was to train rabbis to become chaplains, just as YMCA and other groups did to create Christian chaplains. In 1941, the National Jewish Welfare Board, along with the YMCA, the YWCA, the Red Cross, and other groups joined together to form the USO (United Service Organization), which provided help and comfort to American military personnel overseas. Artist: Sidney H. Riesenberg Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a remarkable group of around 100 guaranteed authentic mostly war posters (around 75 war posters, plus 25 others, including political ones) mostly dating from before 1900 through 1945, with 15 from after that date! These were originally acquired by an archive decades ago, and they have been in storage ever since, until they were recently consigned to us. Many of these are the sorts of posters that you can find reproductions of on the Internet, but finding guaranteed originals like these is incredibly difficult (years can go by before these are offered for sale or at auction). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase any of these more than 100 posters! Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 20 1/2" x 33". Condition: fair to good. The poster was slightly trimmed in the upper left blank border, but only blank paper was affected. The poster had small tears in the borders and some creases and tears scattered throughout, and someone put much white paper tape on the back of the borders and the back of other parts of the poster. The tape has caused the poster to ripple, and some of the tape has bled through to the front in the bottom center of the image. Any talented restorer could remove the tape from the back, but bear this in mind before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades
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