The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A young girl holds on her right knee a doll wearing French military costume. The doll's head and left arm and hand are bandaged. A black french poodle sits at the girls right side and holds in its mouth a begging bowl. The poster is a direct appeal for funds to support the city of paris through the Mayor's appeal to the citizens of Paris on 14 July 1917. The lithograph was printed and sold by H. Chachoin, Paris, 1917 to raise funds for the benefit of war charities run by the City Hall in Paris.
Translation of the title: Paris Day. For the benefit of war charities run by the City Hall. 14 July 1917.
The image occupies the whole, with the title and accompanying text placed across the top in black. The image depicts four children, including three boys wearing various French servicemen's uniforms an
A woman wearing a large brimmed hat holds a collecting cup in her right hand as her left arm is raised holding the caption information describing Calvados Day. In the back ground French troops on foo
A French solider wearing a double breasted coat and military medal walks along the sea side with the aid of an artificial wooden left leg and a walking stick. He places his left hand on the shoulder o
A soldier strolls with his left arm around a woman who holds his outstretched hand. She wears a domestic apron and a full length skirt. A home is seen in the background with a dog leaping into the air
An unhappy prisoner of war reads a letter inside a barbed wire fence, to the right is a dream like image of a woman and child and to the left a haunting silhouette of a German soldier. The poster adve
The image occupies the majority, and is held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in brown. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in bro