Eat these every day – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 Eat these every day, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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Its title, "Eat These Every Day," makes the purpose plain: it is a food guide that tells viewers which foods to eat daily, and it sits on this board among other fruit and vegetable labels. Posters like this belong to a long tradition of public nutrition campaigns, which in the twentieth century often used bright, simplified images of produce to show families what a balanced diet looked like. Worth noticing is how the design turns a health message into something readable at a glance, in a kitchen, store or classroom. The record does not name a designer or date, so its exact origin is best understood through the wider history of food guidance.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Nutrition--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Health--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Food--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,763 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 611_Eat_these_every_day_1941 |
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