They are giving all - Will you send them wheat? U.S. Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1918 The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y. – Vintage Poster
(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 rare vintage poster captures They are giving all - Will you send them wheat? U.S. Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1918 The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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They are giving all - Will you send them wheat? U.S. Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1918 The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y.
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A question printed in large letters, "Will you send them wheat?", frames this 1918 lithograph as a personal request, and its subject headings include bayonets, linking a kitchen decision to the soldiers at the front. Harvey Dunn designed it for the U.S. Food Administration, the wartime agency led by Herbert Hoover that asked American households to save wheat and other staples so that supplies could reach Allied troops and civilians in Europe. Produced by the Division of Pictorial Publicity as number 25 in its series, it shows how the government tried to turn food conservation into an act of patriotic support.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 92 x 143 cm. |
| Notes | Designed for the U.S. Food Administration by the Division of Pictorial Publicity. No. 25. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Campaigns & battles--1910-1920. Bayonets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 894 × 715 px |
| Reference | 220_They_are_giving_all_Wi_1918.tif-S |
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