Dont waste food while others starve! / L.C. Clinker M.J. Dwyer Heywood Strasser Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y. – Historic 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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Step back in time with Dont waste food while others starve! / L.C. Clinker M.J. Dwyer Heywood Strasser Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Dont waste food while others starve! / L.C. Clinker M.J. Dwyer Heywood Strasser Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y.
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This color lithograph carries the blunt appeal "Don't waste food while others starve!" and its catalog record lists mothers and children among its subjects, a reminder that home kitchens were part of the war effort. It was issued by the United States Food Administration, the federal agency Herbert Hoover led from 1917 to 1918 to stretch wheat, meat, and sugar for Allied relief and American troops. Posters like this one, numbered in an official series, were displayed in shops, schools, and homes to ask ordinary households to cut back. The artist, Paul Bruno, was a commercial illustrator, and the print was made by a New York lithography firm.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 75 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. No. 31. · Paul Bruno 1874-1968 artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Mothers & children--1910-1920. Food supply--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,029 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 525_Dont_waste_food_while_o_1917 |
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