Canadas butter opportunity – Antique 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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A window into the past: Canadas butter opportunity, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Its title, "Canada's Butter Opportunity," frames dairy production as a national chance rather than routine farm work. The poster reflects a wartime argument that Canadian farms could supply Britain and allied armies if output rose. The Canada Food Board, named as its sponsor, was one of several government bodies urging producers and consumers to grow, save and ship more food during the war. Posters like this one show how wartime propaganda tied everyday agricultural labor to the war effort.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 62 x 46 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Canada Food Board funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. Economic aspects of war--Canada--1910-1920. Agricultural productivity--Canada--1910-1920. Butter--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,891 × 6,084 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 17_Canadas_butter_opportun_1914 |
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