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Food - don't waste it – Vintage Print

Food - don't waste it, [1917] — vintage poster
Food - don't waste it, [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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Food - don't waste it comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Four numbered instructions carry this 1917 color lithograph, which has no pictures: use less wheat and meat, buy local foods, serve just enough, and use what is left. It was issued by the United States Food Administration, a wartime agency created in 1917 to manage food supplies after the country entered World War I. Herbert Hoover led the agency, and its campaigns asked American households to cut back on staples so more could be shipped to Europe and the Allies.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesText continues: 1 Use less wheat and meat, 2 Buy local foods, 3 Serve just enough, 4 Use what is left. United States Food Administration. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
SubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,433 × 3,586 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222370

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