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Description: | whole: the image mainly occupies the upper half, with the title and text separate and positioned below in the lower half,
in yellow outlined black. Further text is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. All set against a white
background.
image: two separate circular portraits depicting, on the left, a elderly woman and, on the right, a young woman. Both women are shown in
profile, and face each other. An oak and laurel leaf wreath decorated with a red, white and blue ribbon is draped around the two portraits.
Blue, white and red flowers are placed on the wreath, symbolising the French Tricolore flag.
text: LES FOYERS DU SOLDAT
UNION FRANCO-AMÉRICAINE
Y.M.C.A
QUAND TU PARLES DE LA FEMME PENSE A TA MÈRE A TA SŒUR, A TA FIANCÉE ET TU NE DIRAS PAS DE BÊTISES
Geo DORIVAL 18
VISA No. 13890
Coquemer, imp. Paris
[Soldiers’ hostels. Franco-American Union. Y.M.C.A. When you’re speaking about women, think of your mother, your sister, your fiancée, and
you won’t say anything silly. Coquemer, Printers, Paris.]
Visa No 13890. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | emblems women / womens work WW1 French Home Front FR.O Union Franco-Américaine FR.O Young Men's Christian Association [YMCA] flag / banner / standard portrait / personification Charities | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dorival, Georges | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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