Ne pas gaspiller le pain est notre devoir – Vintage Wall Art
(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 vintage poster of Ne pas gaspiller le pain est notre devoir brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ne pas gaspiller le pain est notre devoir
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The French title, which translates as "Not wasting bread is our duty," makes the appeal plain: this 1918 color lithograph speaks directly to the household at the table. By that year France had been at war for nearly four years, and farm labor and imported grain were in short supply, so bread, the staple of the national diet, had become something to conserve. Posters like this one, printed in color for wide public display, asked civilians to treat a single loaf as part of the war effort.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 54 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Our duty is not to waste bread. Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918. Item is no. 231a in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Bread--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,813 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 353_Ne_pas_gaspiller_le_pai_1918 |
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