WWI Painted BELGIAN RELIEF FLOUR SACK FROM WYOMING 1916

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WWI Painted BELGIAN RELIEF FLOUR SACK FROM WYOMING 1916 You are bidding on a wonderful vintage piece from 1916. It is a Belgian Relief Flour sack from J.W. Denio Milling Co., Sheridan, Wyoming during World War I. On the opposite side of the sack, someone has painted a pictures of a little Belgian girl looking at a barrel with a label that says: "Commission for Relief in Belgium, Brussels May 19" with an American Flag. The girl's clothes are outlined in embroidery thread and her shawl is also embroidered with red thread. Underneath the little girl are the embroidered words - "Vive l'Amerique!" and Bruxelles 1916. "The flour sacks were used by various Belgian groups to make new clothing, accessories, pillows, bags, and other functional items. Many women chose to embroider over the mill logo and the brand name of flour, but entirely original designs were sometimes created on the sacks and then embroidered, painted, or stenciled on the fabric. Frequent additions to the flour sacks were Belgian messages of gratitude to the Americans; embellishments of lace; the Belgian and American flags; the Belgian lion; the Gallic cock; the American eagle; symbols of peace, strength, and courage; the Belgian colors of red, yellow, and black; and the American colors of red, white, and blue. Artists, in particular, used the flour sacks as the canvas background for creating original oil paintings." Ref: hoover.archives.gov/ Size of the sack is 12" x 19". It has cardboard inside to made it stiff and is folded in half. The sack opens like a book with the painting on the front cover. The sack has some staining on the wording side, otherwise this wonderful piece is in good condition. An unusual piece of history from the War effort in 1916. See this link: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum Flour Sack Exhibit Click on the pictures for a larger image . Check out Our other items on Ebay We ship on Tuesday and Friday. If you need something for a deadline or special occasion we will be happy to oblige. The price shown for shipping is eBay's calculated price plus $1.00 for packing, materials, etc. We think this is reasonable. If you can find a cheaper way to ship than the one indicated, let us know and we will ship it your way. Remember Media Mail and Parcel Post occasionally takes longer than expected. This can be unnerving when anxiously waiting for a package. Once we say it is shipped, t is nothing else we can do about it. We cannot speed up the inner workings of the Post Office. If we could, we would! We ship to locations with in the Continental 48 states ONLY. We can not ship to APO's, AK, HI, PR, or International. Our goal is to provide outstanding products and even better customer service. We appreciate the trust you put in us to provide you with a wide variety of products. For all buyers we will leave very positive feedback within 4 days or less after payment is received. We greatly appreciate all the return positive feedback that you leave us. eBay now uses DSR (Detailed Seller Ratings) to determine the cost of selling goods on eBay.. Our goal is to provide great customer service with good communication. We really appreciate it when you give us 5 Stars across all 4 categories. If t is every a situation w you feel it necessary to give us a rating less than 5 stars in any category please contact us before doing so to give us a chance to provide the service you deserve. Thank You! We offer satisfaction guaranteed on all of our items unless otherwise stated. Simply email us and return the item in the original condition. Upon receipt of the returned item, your monies will be refunded. We value our repeat customer's feedback. Bid with confidence! read more

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