Somewhere in France. Hurrah, The Folks at Home have Learned English. To Persons of Foreign Birth Rare WWI Yiddish Home Front Poster
- ca 1917
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18 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches ~ (45 x 60 cm)$1,500
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Extremely rare WWI poster printed in Hungarian and Yiddish promoting learning English to communicate with family members at war in Europe. A doughboy in trench happily reading a letter in English which starts with My Dear Boy, I have learned English and ...
to persons of foreign birth
Write your soldier-boy a letter in the language of the United States.
He may understand your language hen you speak to him, but he cannot read or rite it, He knows the American language very well. Make him proud that you will learn to speak, read and write English in the public evening school. Letters you write in a a foreign language are translated and censored by military officers, this takes time. Write your letters in English so they will be reciueved as soon as possible.
Apply at the nearest school or town hall or ask your employer.
If here is no public evening school in your neighborhood, write in Yiddish or your native language for options to the
Connecticut State Council of Defense
State Capitol Hartford.
Powerful poster promoting assimilation of immigrants to their new country.
