Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions / Illion [sic] Latham Litho. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y. – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions / Illion [sic] Latham Litho. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions / Illion [sic] Latham Litho. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y.
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Cardinal Désiré Mercier, the archbishop of Mechelen who became a symbol of Belgian resistance during the German occupation, is the figure this poster places at the center of its appeal to American households. The color lithograph, produced by the Latham Lithographing & Printing Company of Brooklyn and dated around 1917, urges readers to eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar so more food can reach the war-stricken people of France, Belgium and Italy. It belongs to the year the United States Food Administration, led by Herbert Hoover, was set up to manage food conservation and relief, when voluntary rationing was presented as a patriotic duty for ordinary families.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 71 x 52 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Eat less wheat meat fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy. No. 10. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Mercier Désiré 1851-1926. United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. War relief--1910-1920. Cardinals--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,782 × 4,745 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 467_Cardinal_Mercier_has_ap_1917 |
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