Pflanzt Oumll! Pflanzt Sonneblumen und Mohn ihr schafft dann Deutsches oumll und dient dem Vaterland! ... / Gipkens. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Pflanzt Oumll! Pflanzt Sonneblumen und Mohn ihr schafft dann Deutsches oumll und dient dem Vaterland! ... / Gipkens., 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.
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Pflanzt Oumll! Pflanzt Sonneblumen und Mohn ihr schafft dann Deutsches oumll und dient dem Vaterland! ... / Gipkens.
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Here the home front is asked to grow its own cooking oil. The German text urges readers to plant sunflowers and poppies, whose seeds yield oil, so they can "create German oil" and serve the Fatherland. The appeal reflects the severe fat shortage of the First World War, when the British naval blockade cut off imports of oils and fats and rationing followed. Gipkens, a German graphic artist, turned a practical gardening task into patriotic duty by framing it with bright flower imagery.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 88 x 58 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany. Scarcity--Germany--1910-1920. Oils & fats--1910-1920. Flowers--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,016 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 956_Pflanzt_Oumll_Pflanzt_S_1916 |
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