Economisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre (Save bread by eating potatoes)
Unknown French, French
1918
Color lithograph on paper, cloth backed
Overall: 22 1/16 × 14 5/8 in. (56 × 37.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Willis S. Fitch, Class of 1917 or Gift of Edward Tuck, Class of 1862
PS.987.6.1426
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Poster
Research Area
Poster
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed: Union Francaise, Paris--Comite National de Prevoyance et d'Economies; signed: Yvonne Vernet
Provenance
Acquired by either Willis Stetson Fitch (1896-1978) or Edward Tuck (1842-1938), date unknown; given to Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, date unknown; transferred to present collection, 1987.
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