Hero Land
Title
Hero Land
Subject
Description
Poster advertisement for Hero Land
Held at the Grand Central Palace in 1917 (from November 24-December 12), Hero Land was a WWI Allied war relief benefit. A New York Times advertisement described it as "a 16-Day Military Pageant, Theatrical Entertainment, Oriental Wonderland and Charity Mart; Devised, Created, Managed, and Financed by One Hundred Approved National War Relief Organization for the Benefit of American and Allied Relief."
It was an elaborate bazaar full of wartime reproductions, entertainment, restaurants, dancing, and more. These events drew a crowd of over 250,000, raising $571,438 (today, about $10.3 million) for war relief charities. Source: New York Times
Held at the Grand Central Palace in 1917 (from November 24-December 12), Hero Land was a WWI Allied war relief benefit. A New York Times advertisement described it as "a 16-Day Military Pageant, Theatrical Entertainment, Oriental Wonderland and Charity Mart; Devised, Created, Managed, and Financed by One Hundred Approved National War Relief Organization for the Benefit of American and Allied Relief."
It was an elaborate bazaar full of wartime reproductions, entertainment, restaurants, dancing, and more. These events drew a crowd of over 250,000, raising $571,438 (today, about $10.3 million) for war relief charities. Source: New York Times
Creator
J. Carl Mueller
Date
1917
Source
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g09000/3g09400/3g09455r.jpg
Relation
Rights
Link: Library of Congress
Publisher
Library of Congress
Contributor
Library of Congress
Format
Medium: Poster.
Language
English
Type
Poster
Identifier
Hero Land, World War I, War Relief, War, Events, Posters
Coverage
Historic
Files
Reference
J. Carl Mueller, Hero Land, Library of Congress, 1917
Cite As
J. Carl Mueller, “Hero Land,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 27, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/318.