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William Balfour Ker

(Ker, William Balfour, 1877-1918)

William Balfour Ker (July 25, 1877 – October 20, 1918) also known simply as Balfour Ker, and sometimes written Balfour-Ker was a Canadian-American artist whose paintings appeared in popular magazines such as Life and The Delineator, and were widely reproduced in postcards and posters. A declared socialist, some of his most popular work depicts issues of class struggle and poverty. His work also appeared in advertisements for Liberty bonds and war savings stamps during World War I. (From Wikipedia)

More about William Balfour Ker:

Associated author:

White, Bouck, 1874-1951

Books by William Balfour Ker:

Ker, William Balfour, 1877-1918, illust.: The Call of the Carpenter (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1911), by Bouck White (multiple formats at archive.org)

Additional books by William Balfour Ker in the extended shelves:

Ker, William Balfour, 1877-1918: Poverty and riches : a study of the industrial régime (Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Company, [1916], 1916), also by Scott Nearing, George Frederick Watts, Lewis Wickes Hine, and Roger E. Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
Ker, William Balfour, 1877-1918: The silent war (Life publishing company, 1906), also by John Ames Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)

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