Una vaca o una gallina que se maten son pan para hoy pero hambre para maana – Antique Print
![Una vaca o una gallina que se maten son pan para hoy pero hambre para maana, Madrid : Ministerio de Instrucción Pública ; Dirección General de Bellas Artes, [between 1936 and 1939] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/82dddd536345-L.webp)
(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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Una vaca o una gallina que se maten son pan para hoy pero hambre para maana comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The title makes the argument on its own: slaughtering a cow or a hen supplies a meal today but leaves hunger tomorrow, because the animal that would have produced eggs, milk or offspring is gone. Issued by the Ministry of Public Instruction's Directorate General of Fine Arts in Madrid between 1936 and 1939, the poster belongs to the Republican government's wartime campaign of printed appeals. Food was scarce in the Republican zone as the war dragged on, and the poster asks civilians to hold back on livestock for the sake of the months ahead. Its bold color lithography reflects the style of much public messaging from the period.
| Created / published | Madrid : Ministerio de Instrucción Pública ; Dirección General de Bellas Artes, [between 1936 and 1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 68 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Spanish 1930-1940.Lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Sp. J7. 1936. Forms part of: Spanish Civil War posters at the Library of Congress. |
| Subjects | Food--Spain--1930-1940. Food supply--Spain--1930-1940. Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220924 |
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