Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Etats-Unis "nous sommes frères dans la même cause" (Président Wilson).

Barcode: 57176

Image Number: 57176.0001

Publishing Location: Paris

Brief Description: On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. Our European allies, who had been fighting for almost three years with massive losses, were delighted to have the support of the Americans. Distinguished representatives of the Entente countries soon arrived in the U.S. to express their thanks and confer with the government. The French Commission was led by Rene Viviani, Minister of Justice and a former Premier. On May 14, immediately before his return to France, Viviani met with President Wilson, whose farewell words to the visitor were, "We are brothers in the same cause." This was "a remark which Viviani on more than one public occasion thereafter recalled in Paris" (Halsey 1916, 4:96). This large (originally folded) map was likely issued in May or June 1917. It is in the form of a French school map, intended to be posted, and may have been published as a supplement to a magazine or newspaper. It was clearly intended to reassure the French people--who had borne some of the heaviest losses of the war--that vast resources were on the way from the U.S. It repeats the Wilson quote at the top, and explains "what the United States provides us ..." In the list at the right and at various points on the map, the "provisions" from the U.S. include soldiers, ammunition, wheat, oil, machinery, cotton, ships, beef, corn, rice, gold, iron, silver, copper and coal. At the lower right is a legend: "The richest country in the world. 110 million people. 14 times greater than France."

Publisher: G. Delattre,

Date/Date Range Produced: 1917

Language: French

Region Depicted: United States

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 55 x 93 cm

Historical Context: The United States enters World War I.

LC Call Number: G3701.S65 1917.G2

OCLC: 1263615081

Accession Number: OML-1917-137

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/57176.0001