Get behind our soldiers, sailors, and our allies Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space--Do it by eating less wheat, beef, pork, fats, and sugar / Rienecke Beckman 1917. – Vintage Wall Art
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Get behind our soldiers, sailors, and our allies Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space--Do it by eating less wheat, beef, pork, fats, and sugar / Rienecke Beckman 1917.
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Few food posters tie the home kitchen so directly to the sea as this one does. Its wording asks households to eat less wheat, beef, pork, fats, and sugar so that more food fits into the limited cargo space of ships bound for soldiers, sailors, and allies. Printed in New York in 1917 by Sackett & Wilhelms for the United States Food Administration, led by Herbert Hoover, it appeared after the country entered the First World War, when German submarine attacks on merchant shipping made every cargo hold valuable. The subject headings, which include submarines and warships, reflect that concern. The design is by Rienecke Beckman and is numbered 109 in the Food Administration's series.
| Created / published | New York : Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., 1917. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. No. 109. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Submarines--1910-1920. Warships--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,438 × 3,605 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222241 |
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