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| 1. December 28, 1917 2. Chicago, IL |
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| Answer to Quiz #140 - December 23, 2007 |
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| Notice date stamped behind writing. It says Dec 28 1917 |
(World War I -France) Journee de
Paris Au profit des oeuvres de guerre
de L'Hotel de Ville - 14 Juillet 1917.
(Translation: Paris Day July 14, 1917.)
Signed in the plate lower right Poulbot.
Editeur Imp. H. Chachoin, 108, rue
Folie-Meicourt. Stamped lower left
Vise No. 5 936. Very attractive and
sentimental poster of a little girl playing
with her bandaged soldier doll. Her
faithful poodle sits by her side holding
her bowl in its mouth. 16" tear along
fold line, water staining, very fragile
paper, rough edges, poster stamp
covered with paper, etc. Approx.
32"w x 47"h
http://www.the-forum.com/posters/images/wwi-fr.jpg
Paris Au profit des oeuvres de guerre
de L'Hotel de Ville - 14 Juillet 1917.
(Translation: Paris Day July 14, 1917.)
Signed in the plate lower right Poulbot.
Editeur Imp. H. Chachoin, 108, rue
Folie-Meicourt. Stamped lower left
Vise No. 5 936. Very attractive and
sentimental poster of a little girl playing
with her bandaged soldier doll. Her
faithful poodle sits by her side holding
her bowl in its mouth. 16" tear along
fold line, water staining, very fragile
paper, rough edges, poster stamp
covered with paper, etc. Approx.
32"w x 47"h
http://www.the-forum.com/posters/images/wwi-fr.jpg
| Special Note: Mirror writing reveals that the children in the photo were "Essanay Kiddies", child movie stars from Essanay Studios, Chicago, IL The photo to the right is an additional picture of the Essanay Kids. DN-0069420, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society For more info on the Essanay Studios, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essanay_Studios. |
| ID#: WW1028 Title: JOURNEE DU POILU - SOLDIER'S DAY Artist: Poulbot Category: WWI France Date: 1915 Condition: Faint crease at bottom, very fine, mounted on linen. Size: 33x47" Comments: Fine image in the typical Poulbot style of two doll-like children dressed as soldier and nurse collecting money in exchange for souvenir medals to benefit French soldiers at the front. http://www.miscman.com/.... |
Original French Version
[L'affiche], dessinée par Georges Redon (1869-
1943) en 1917, joue sur un tout autre registre,
plus intimiste et moins ouvertement guerrier. La
composition, frappante, oppose personnages
vivants, présents, et figures symboliques,
reléguées à distance. La poupée alsacienne, jouet
d’enfant et emblème de la France perdue, sourit
de face et ouvre les bras, confiante dans la
Revanche. De même, lePoilu barbu et médaillé
qui apparaît dans le cadre au mur regarde le
spectateur, déterminé et serein. Au contraire, la
mère et sa fille détournent la tête : leur posture
connote à la fois la vulnérabilité et le désir de
protection. Le slogan enfin - « pour que vos
enfants ne connaissent plus les horreurs de la
guerre, souscrivez à l’emprunt national Société
Général », teinté des couleurs nationales, vient
conclure cette image par un thème patriotique.
Auteur : Alexandre SUMPF
http://www.histoire-image.org/site/etude_comp/etude_comp_detail.php?
analyse_id=711&id_sel=1246&type=contexte
English Translation
This poster, designed by George Redon (1869-
1943) in 1917, plays on an entirely different
theme, more intimate and less overtly warlike.
The striking composition contrasts living people
present in the scene, with symbolic figures in
the distance. The Alsacian doll, both a child's
toy and a symbol of France lost, smiles and
opens its arms, confident of revenge. At the
[L'affiche], dessinée par Georges Redon (1869-
1943) en 1917, joue sur un tout autre registre,
plus intimiste et moins ouvertement guerrier. La
composition, frappante, oppose personnages
vivants, présents, et figures symboliques,
reléguées à distance. La poupée alsacienne, jouet
d’enfant et emblème de la France perdue, sourit
de face et ouvre les bras, confiante dans la
Revanche. De même, lePoilu barbu et médaillé
qui apparaît dans le cadre au mur regarde le
spectateur, déterminé et serein. Au contraire, la
mère et sa fille détournent la tête : leur posture
connote à la fois la vulnérabilité et le désir de
protection. Le slogan enfin - « pour que vos
enfants ne connaissent plus les horreurs de la
guerre, souscrivez à l’emprunt national Société
Général », teinté des couleurs nationales, vient
conclure cette image par un thème patriotique.
Auteur : Alexandre SUMPF
http://www.histoire-image.org/site/etude_comp/etude_comp_detail.php?
analyse_id=711&id_sel=1246&type=contexte
English Translation
This poster, designed by George Redon (1869-
1943) in 1917, plays on an entirely different
theme, more intimate and less overtly warlike.
The striking composition contrasts living people
present in the scene, with symbolic figures in
the distance. The Alsacian doll, both a child's
toy and a symbol of France lost, smiles and
opens its arms, confident of revenge. At the
Title: Journée de Paris. 14 Juillet 1915 au profit des
oeuvres de guerre de l'Hôtel-de-Ville. Pour les
combattants . . .
Call No.: POS - Fr .P57, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction No: LC-USZC2-3961 (color film copy
slide)
Summary: A woman holding a baby in her arm and
holding a collection cup in her hand. At the bottom is a
sketch of a French soldier.
Medium: 1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors); 120
x 80 cm.
Created/Published: Paris : Dec 1915
Creator: Picard, G., artist.
Notes:
Translation of title: Paris Day. July 14, 1915. On behalf
of the Hôtel de Ville's [Paris city hall] war charities. For
the soldiers . . . .
Signed: G. Picard.
W.R. Castle, Jr., donor.
Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1915//Fr. G2. 1915.
Item is no. 122 in a printed checklist available in the
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading
Room.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/...
oeuvres de guerre de l'Hôtel-de-Ville. Pour les
combattants . . .
Call No.: POS - Fr .P57, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction No: LC-USZC2-3961 (color film copy
slide)
Summary: A woman holding a baby in her arm and
holding a collection cup in her hand. At the bottom is a
sketch of a French soldier.
Medium: 1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors); 120
x 80 cm.
Created/Published: Paris : Dec 1915
Creator: Picard, G., artist.
Notes:
Translation of title: Paris Day. July 14, 1915. On behalf
of the Hôtel de Ville's [Paris city hall] war charities. For
the soldiers . . . .
Signed: G. Picard.
W.R. Castle, Jr., donor.
Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1915//Fr. G2. 1915.
Item is no. 122 in a printed checklist available in the
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading
Room.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/...
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same time, the bearded and decorated Poilu soldier who appears in the picture frame on
the wall, views the scene, determined and serene.
But the mother and her daughter turn their heads: their posture denotes vulnerability
and at the same time the desire for protection.
The slogan at the bottom - "So that your children never know the horrors of war",
undersigned with the logo of the national "Societe Generale" in the national colors,
concludes the image with a patriotic theme.
by Alexandre Sumpf
the wall, views the scene, determined and serene.
But the mother and her daughter turn their heads: their posture denotes vulnerability
and at the same time the desire for protection.
The slogan at the bottom - "So that your children never know the horrors of war",
undersigned with the logo of the national "Societe Generale" in the national colors,
concludes the image with a patriotic theme.
by Alexandre Sumpf
| 1. What is the exact date this photo was taken? 2. Where was it taken? |
| Thanks to Richard Murray for suggesting this quiz. |
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| Mrs. George High and Mrs. Hubert Galt standing with Robert Lorimer and John Carter, possibly at the Christmas Fund for French Children Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1917 SUMMARY Group portrait of Mrs. George H. High (nee Suzanne F. Farlin) and Mrs. Hubert Galt (nee Madeline Noyes) standing with boys Robert Lorimer and John Carter, possibly at the Christmas Fund for French Children held in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Galt is wearing a fur wrap and Mrs. High is holding balloons. Cite as: DN-0069423 Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. |
| Congratulations to Our Holiday Die-Hards Cari Thomas Dawn Carlile Debbie Sterbinsky Betty Chambers Corey Condit Deb Pritchard Beth Long Sheri Fenley JoAnne Craig Mark Ream Jim Kiser Gary Sterne Dennis Brann Judy Pfaff Mike Dalton Audrey Sommer Stan Read Marty Guidry Joe Ruffner Fred Stuart Edee Scott Joshua Kreitzer Scott |
| Something to Reflect On |
| The key to the puzzle was the writing at the bottom of the photo. You could use a photo-program to flip it horizontally as shown below to reveal that the photo was taken at the Daily News Orphan Booth. Even better, if you looked very carefully, you would notice that the date was stamped behind the word "Orphan" - it was taken Dec 28, 1917. |
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| Comments from Our Readers |
Oh I surfed in this morning and also started furiously researching the French Children’s
Xmas Fund! I came across the attached picture with some of the Essanay child actors
and saw the date on it faintly and then went back to your picture and saw the date with
both being December 28, 1917.. Being that Essanay Movie Studio was also involved
with a booth for the same cause, I wasn’t sure if it was at the Coliseum or at the
Essanay Studio Lot. But seeing the interior of the Coliseum led me to choose it as the
place. Fred Stuart
Indeed, this photo deserves a Ho Ho Ho characterization. Yes, if the photo is reversed
or observed in a mirror, in the middle near the bottom is a date that appears to be DEC
08 1917 or DEC 18 1917. This photo is in the Library of Congress photograph
collection among the 55,00 Chicago Daily News images from the Chicago Historical
Society. Enter ichicdn n069417 in the search box and choose "Match this exact
phrase", "Search in item ID fields", "Match words exactly" from below. Enter 1 in the
"Return a maximum of --- bibliographic records". Also, the previous image ichicdn
n069416 was taken with the "French Children's Xmas Fund" banner, in a different
location but without the Santa and polar bear cutouts.
This Christmas Eve is unusual because it is the Long Moon Night and Santa Claus and
his reindeer will travel under the light of the December full moon. As Professor Clement
Clarke Moore, the reputed author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night
before Christmas"), wrote --
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
Stan Read
I'm not sure how, but I've seen this photo before. You can find it and three others on
the Chicago Historical Society, photos of the Daily News. The date on the website
shows 1917, but if you really zoom into the picture- in reverse- you can read the date,
but it appears to say Dec 28, 1917. Isn't that after Christmas?
Debbie Sterbinski
Dagnabbit! Got me on the NY/Chicago! I just found the archived photo at: http:
//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:4:./temp/~ammem_Yg2I:: Thanks for the
mulligan on this one! Deb Pritchard
I see the date now. I had flipped the picture previously to read the writing at the bottom
of it, but did not see the date. July 14th came from the poster in the background, 3rd
from the left, behind the woman. Gary Sterne
Thanks for the lovely new year’s wish, Colleen. Amen! And I’ll return the wish to you
for 2008. The best thing about your puzzles is that I LEARN something new with each
one. Happy New Year! Cari Thomas
I did catch your "reflect" hint so I looked again, did not see it, looked at the door
thinking there was a reflection, etc. It was only after I zoomed in a LOT did I see they
very faint scraping of a date above the word "orphan", and I still am not sure I can
make it out, but maybe it says DEC 28, 1917 - can't make out if it's a 2 or a zero - can't
be a 3, doesn't look like a 1, etc. I looked at the other photos of the event and they
were the same way. So stick a fork, in me, I am done! I am going to go use some
extra Restasis now. ;) Beth Long
OK Colleen I need a hint. Don't have alot of time this week what with Christmas and
all, but I just can't pass up your weekly quiz! Am I even close thinking that this is in the
1920's in New York City and has something to do with an organization called Fatherless
Children of France"?
OK so the photo was taken in Chicago? I am severely "search challenged" today. I just
found it. Man, was I ever making this harder than it ever needed to be. Here is the
website I found.memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnsp6c.html. The
charitable organization was simply a group of concerned citizens who were sponsored
by the Daily News to raise money to send aid to orphan children in France at Christmas
time. Sheri Fenley
Clever that the date was readable on the horizontal flip of the negative. Were the written
words on the negatives done by Daily News staff or by archivists? How was the
dating done on the negatives? It seems like poor methods to actually write on the
negatives. I am wondering if the original Daily News numbers for the negatives were
not wiped out by the white rectangular blocs? Enquiring minds want to
know. Judy (Sherlock) Pfaff
Needed a mirror to solve this one--- Mike Dalton
The exact date of the photo was Dec 28 1917; You sneak you. I did get it in Photoshop
but really didn't need it. Jim Kiser
Okay, okay - I'll see what I can find out. BUT - it's YOUR fault that I'm so observant
these days! First, I read the handwriting that is backwards (I can easily do that - I don't
need a mirror) and while doing so, suddenly SAW the date! Because the Daily News
is NYC, I assumed, and being busy, just quit. Hmmm. It looks like a theatre
background.... Jinny Collins
All the credit goes to my wife, Jen, who noted that the date was imprinted on the
photo. Very nice. Joe Ruffner
Xmas Fund! I came across the attached picture with some of the Essanay child actors
and saw the date on it faintly and then went back to your picture and saw the date with
both being December 28, 1917.. Being that Essanay Movie Studio was also involved
with a booth for the same cause, I wasn’t sure if it was at the Coliseum or at the
Essanay Studio Lot. But seeing the interior of the Coliseum led me to choose it as the
place. Fred Stuart
Indeed, this photo deserves a Ho Ho Ho characterization. Yes, if the photo is reversed
or observed in a mirror, in the middle near the bottom is a date that appears to be DEC
08 1917 or DEC 18 1917. This photo is in the Library of Congress photograph
collection among the 55,00 Chicago Daily News images from the Chicago Historical
Society. Enter ichicdn n069417 in the search box and choose "Match this exact
phrase", "Search in item ID fields", "Match words exactly" from below. Enter 1 in the
"Return a maximum of --- bibliographic records". Also, the previous image ichicdn
n069416 was taken with the "French Children's Xmas Fund" banner, in a different
location but without the Santa and polar bear cutouts.
This Christmas Eve is unusual because it is the Long Moon Night and Santa Claus and
his reindeer will travel under the light of the December full moon. As Professor Clement
Clarke Moore, the reputed author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night
before Christmas"), wrote --
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
Stan Read
I'm not sure how, but I've seen this photo before. You can find it and three others on
the Chicago Historical Society, photos of the Daily News. The date on the website
shows 1917, but if you really zoom into the picture- in reverse- you can read the date,
but it appears to say Dec 28, 1917. Isn't that after Christmas?
Debbie Sterbinski
Dagnabbit! Got me on the NY/Chicago! I just found the archived photo at: http:
//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cdn:4:./temp/~ammem_Yg2I:: Thanks for the
mulligan on this one! Deb Pritchard
I see the date now. I had flipped the picture previously to read the writing at the bottom
of it, but did not see the date. July 14th came from the poster in the background, 3rd
from the left, behind the woman. Gary Sterne
Thanks for the lovely new year’s wish, Colleen. Amen! And I’ll return the wish to you
for 2008. The best thing about your puzzles is that I LEARN something new with each
one. Happy New Year! Cari Thomas
I did catch your "reflect" hint so I looked again, did not see it, looked at the door
thinking there was a reflection, etc. It was only after I zoomed in a LOT did I see they
very faint scraping of a date above the word "orphan", and I still am not sure I can
make it out, but maybe it says DEC 28, 1917 - can't make out if it's a 2 or a zero - can't
be a 3, doesn't look like a 1, etc. I looked at the other photos of the event and they
were the same way. So stick a fork, in me, I am done! I am going to go use some
extra Restasis now. ;) Beth Long
OK Colleen I need a hint. Don't have alot of time this week what with Christmas and
all, but I just can't pass up your weekly quiz! Am I even close thinking that this is in the
1920's in New York City and has something to do with an organization called Fatherless
Children of France"?
OK so the photo was taken in Chicago? I am severely "search challenged" today. I just
found it. Man, was I ever making this harder than it ever needed to be. Here is the
website I found.memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnsp6c.html. The
charitable organization was simply a group of concerned citizens who were sponsored
by the Daily News to raise money to send aid to orphan children in France at Christmas
time. Sheri Fenley
Clever that the date was readable on the horizontal flip of the negative. Were the written
words on the negatives done by Daily News staff or by archivists? How was the
dating done on the negatives? It seems like poor methods to actually write on the
negatives. I am wondering if the original Daily News numbers for the negatives were
not wiped out by the white rectangular blocs? Enquiring minds want to
know. Judy (Sherlock) Pfaff
Needed a mirror to solve this one--- Mike Dalton
The exact date of the photo was Dec 28 1917; You sneak you. I did get it in Photoshop
but really didn't need it. Jim Kiser
Okay, okay - I'll see what I can find out. BUT - it's YOUR fault that I'm so observant
these days! First, I read the handwriting that is backwards (I can easily do that - I don't
need a mirror) and while doing so, suddenly SAW the date! Because the Daily News
is NYC, I assumed, and being busy, just quit. Hmmm. It looks like a theatre
background.... Jinny Collins
All the credit goes to my wife, Jen, who noted that the date was imprinted on the
photo. Very nice. Joe Ruffner
| Children standing on the table and floor in front of The Chicago Daily News Christmas Fund for French Children booth in a hall Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1917 Image of a woman standing in front of large cut-outs of a polar bear, and two Santa Clauses with bags of toys at the Christmas Fund for French Children in Chicago, Illinois. On the wall of the booth behind her are posters, two American flags and a banner reading: French Children's Xmas Fund, Help Give Them Their First Christmas Since 1913, The Daily News. DN-0069417 Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. |
| How the Quizmaster General Solved the Puzzle |
When I flipped the picture horizontally, it told me that the photo was taken by the Daily
News. But which Daily News?
The obvious answer - the one that comes up #1 on Google, is the New York Daily
News. But I could find no evidence that the scene was photographed in New York. So
I continued to Google combinations of the key words and phrases "Daily News",
"French children" "orphans" "1917", and so on.
Still not finding any results, I tried searching on Google Images, and then on Google
Books. Bingo! I found the following excerpt of The World at My Shoulder" by Eunice
Tietjens, 1938.
The excerpt reads:
Not long after I arrived, the Daily News set a fund afoot to buy toys for Christmas for
the children of the "reconquered districts". This was the region which had been
conquered by the Germans in their first attack in 1914 and which had re-....
To the right of the page, under Reviews, it reads:
A poet turns back the leaves, and at fifty considers the highlights of her life. Her early
years, her marriage, her "second birth" in Chicago, her entry into poetry, her work with
Harriet Monroe and the renaissance of literature...more>>
This pointed me to the Chicago Daily News.
When I surfed using the phrases "Chicago Daily News" and "French children", I found
a link to the newspaper's photographic archive at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnSubjects65.html
Searching the page using the world "French", I found four photos of the same event or
a similar event, one of which was the quiz photo. QED.
Click here for list of photos or see below.
News. But which Daily News?
The obvious answer - the one that comes up #1 on Google, is the New York Daily
News. But I could find no evidence that the scene was photographed in New York. So
I continued to Google combinations of the key words and phrases "Daily News",
"French children" "orphans" "1917", and so on.
Still not finding any results, I tried searching on Google Images, and then on Google
Books. Bingo! I found the following excerpt of The World at My Shoulder" by Eunice
Tietjens, 1938.
The excerpt reads:
Not long after I arrived, the Daily News set a fund afoot to buy toys for Christmas for
the children of the "reconquered districts". This was the region which had been
conquered by the Germans in their first attack in 1914 and which had re-....
To the right of the page, under Reviews, it reads:
A poet turns back the leaves, and at fifty considers the highlights of her life. Her early
years, her marriage, her "second birth" in Chicago, her entry into poetry, her work with
Harriet Monroe and the renaissance of literature...more>>
This pointed me to the Chicago Daily News.
When I surfed using the phrases "Chicago Daily News" and "French children", I found
a link to the newspaper's photographic archive at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnSubjects65.html
Searching the page using the world "French", I found four photos of the same event or
a similar event, one of which was the quiz photo. QED.
Click here for list of photos or see below.
| Click on thumbnail to see image of page on Google Books |
| NY Times March 3, 1918 Article on American Fund for French Wounded |
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| Another Important War Effort |
| Story of the Red Cross Effort During the War King's Complete History of the World War pp. 735 ff Read more on Google Books. Click here. |
| Children standing on the table and floor in front of The Chicago Daily News Christmas Fund for French Children booth in a hall]. Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1917 SUMMARY Image of children standing on the table and on the floor in front of The Daily News booth at the Christmas Fund for French Children, held in a hall in Chicago, Illinois. DN-0069416 Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. |
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| Edith Cummings, Miss Gineva King (standing) and Miss Courtney Letts sitting at the event for the Christmas Fund for French Children. Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1917 SUMMARY Group portrait of Edith Cummings, Miss Gineva King (standing) and Miss Courtney Letts sitting at the event for the Christmas Fund for French Children held in Chicago, Illinois. Miss Letts and Ms. Cummings are knitting. Cite as: DN-0069439 Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. |
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