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Description: | Concept: animals, uniform, emblems, press / media, historical reference, politicians Description: whole: the image occupies the lower centre. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text occupies the remainder, in black. All set against a white background. image: an inverted pickelhaube helmet with its spike stuck in the ground being used as a bird's nest. Five white doves each wearing a pickelhaube fly above. text: POURQUOI LES AMÉRICAINS VIENNENT A NOUS Ce que disent leurs hommes d'État et leurs écrivains [a series of quotes from President Woodrow Wilson and the American Minister of War follow] LE NID RUMEUR DE PAIX MESSAGÈRE DE PAIX DÉSIR DE PAIX INTRIGUE DE PAIX DESSIN DU PUBLIC LEDGER 24 Mai 1917 les colombes de la paix allemande [a series of quotes from American newspapers follow] Français! l'Amérique se lève donc et vient avec nous pour défendre la liberté des peuples, sauver l'Humanité en péril et tuer la Guerre. C'est pourquoi le premier geste des soldats américains débarqués en France fut de rendre hommage à leur libérateur de 1776 qu'ils acclamèrent ainsi: Lafayette, nous voilà!!! Imp J. LANGLOIS, 186, Faubourg Saint-Martin, PARIS [Why the Americans are coming to us. What their statesmen and their writers say. The nest. Rumour of peace. Messenger of peace. Desire for peace. Intrigue for peace. Drawing from the Public Ledger, 24 May 1917. The doves of German peace. People of France! America is therefore rising and coming with us to defend the freedom of the nations, save humanity in peril and kill the war. That is why the first action of the American soldiers on disembarking in France was to pay homage to their liberator of 1776, whom they acclaimed as follows: 'Lafayette, here we are!' J. Langlois, Printers [address].] Object: helmet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: J Langlois, Paris Associated Person: Wilson, Woodrow Associated Person: Lafayette, Marquis de | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3241... | Go to resource |
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