Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan. – Vintage Wall Art
![Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan., N.Y. : Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho. Co., [1918(?)] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/85b1a052e08a-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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This rare vintage poster captures Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan.
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Sheridan's lithograph treats food as a weapon, with the slogan "Food is ammunition--don't waste it" and a basket of provisions as its subject. Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho. Co. of New York printed it, probably around 1918, when the United States was fully engaged in the First World War. The poster belongs to the broader effort of the U.S. Food Administration, created in 1917 under Herbert Hoover, which asked households to cut waste so that grain and other supplies could reach American troops and Allied nations in Europe. Its message shows how civilians were asked to take a direct part in the war effort.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho. Co., [1918(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918(?). |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Baskets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,144 × 1,443 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217198 |
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