Eat less, and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom / A. Hendee ; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of Eat less, and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom / A. Hendee ; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Eat less, and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom / A. Hendee ; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago.
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Its slogan turns the Thanksgiving table into a wartime duty: eat less, and let us be thankful. Issued under the United States Food Administration during World War I, the poster asked American households to cut back on wheat, meat, sugar, and fats so that more food could go to Allied troops and civilians in Europe. Holiday meals were a natural target, since the wartime Thanksgiving proclamations of 1917 and 1918 came while Herbert Hoover's agency was urging voluntary conservation at home. The poster is worth a close look for how it pairs gratitude with restraint, presenting self-denial as a patriotic way of giving thanks.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 73 x 54 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. No. 17. 1918. |
| Subjects | United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Farm produce--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,777 × 4,745 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223435 |
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