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Woodrow Wilson Bookplate

This bookplate is a woodcut print that was designed by Carl S. Junge and shows Woodrow Wilson seated at a desk with the image of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Reims behind him. The text reads "Behind the clouds the sun is still shining/ Out of the darkness unity must come. Woodrow Wilson." President Wilson visited the cathedral, located 80 miles from Paris in Reims, while in France for the Paris Peace Conference.
Artist
Carl S. Junge
Date of Work
ca. 1919
Type
Print
Credit
Library of Congress