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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Free Milk for France
Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) · Free Milk for France, 1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Francis Luis Mora drew in 1918, printed by the W. F. Powers Co. of New York, 83 by 57 cm.
Why it matters
The sheet asked Americans to pay for milk for the children of France. Mora was a Uruguayan-born American figure painter known for his pictures of American life.
What to notice
A soldier ladling out milk for a group of children.
A ladle of milk, poured across the Atlantic.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940)
- Printer / house
- The W. F. Powers Co., New York
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare · Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Free Milk for France, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719779 · POS - US .M67, no. 2 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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