Save a loaf a week - help win the war – Vintage Print
![Save a loaf a week - help win the war, N[ew] Y[ork] : The U.S. Print & Lith. Co., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a5/a5cc2bab8c2a-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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Save a loaf a week - help win the war 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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A wartime poster from 1917 urging Americans to save a loaf a week, a plea that reached kitchens across the country as food supplies were stretched by the war in Europe. The United States entered World War I in April 1917, and the federal Food Administration, led by Herbert Hoover, asked households to cut back on wheat and other staples so that more grain could be shipped to the Allies and to troops overseas. Posters like this one turned rationing into a patriotic duty, with the slogan tying a small domestic sacrifice to the larger effort to win the war.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : The U.S. Print & Lith. Co., [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. No. 104. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Bread--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,443 × 3,600 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221833 |
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