Start the day right with a good breakfast Plan your luncheon wisely (S) Dinner should b – Vintage Poster
(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 Start the day right with a good breakfast Plan your luncheon wisely (S) Dinner should b in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The poster's text lays out a day of eating in three lines: "Start the day right with a good breakfast," "Plan your luncheon wisely," and "Dinner should be..." Its slogans were part of a New York City nutrition campaign, produced under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in 1941. Public health groups of that period worried about poor diets, and the WPA poster program used cheap, bold silkscreen printing to carry practical health advice to schools, clinics, and storefronts. Its placement on the Children board reflects the campaign's focus on family meals and what parents packed and served.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | New York City Nutrition Program. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Nutrition--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,766 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 753_Start_the_day_right_wit_1941 |
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