Food will win the war – Vintage Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Food will win the war. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Food will win the war
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The slogan does most of the work here: "Food will win the war" was a direct appeal to American households in 1917, months after the United States entered the First World War. That August, Congress passed the Lever Act and created the U.S. Food Administration, led by Herbert Hoover. Its campaign asked families to save wheat, meat, fats and sugar so that food could be shipped to Allied troops and civilians in Europe, promoting voluntary measures such as Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays. Posters like this one carried that message into schools, shops and kitchens, presenting rationing as a patriotic duty.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Original scan | 1,036 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 972_Food_will_win_the_war_1917 |
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