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Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y. – Antique Print

Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y., [1917] — vintage poster
Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y., [1917]. Vintage poster from the Government & Politics collection.

(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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This rare vintage poster captures Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Sir - don't waste while your wife saves--Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share / Crawford Young ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y.

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Addressed directly to a husband, this poster opens with "Sir, don't waste while your wife saves," and urges him to "adopt the doctrine of the clean plate" and do his share. It is No. 20 in the United States Food Administration's wartime series, an agency that Herbert Hoover led after the country entered the First World War in 1917. The catalog lists the date as 1917 in brackets, meaning the cataloguers supplied it rather than finding it printed on the sheet. Its subject tags also include cigars, a reminder that the campaign for conservation reached beyond the dinner table.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 53 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesUnited States Food Administration. No. 20.
SubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Eating & drinking--1910-1920. Cigars--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,800 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221378

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