Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life if you eat only what you need and waste nothing / Raleigh. – Antique 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 rare vintage poster captures Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life if you eat only what you need and waste nothing / Raleigh. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the war - save life if you eat only what you need and waste nothing / Raleigh.
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Lead with what sets this poster apart: its slogan pairs a blood donation appeal with a call to save food, a contrast the title spells out in its own words, "Blood or bread." Issued in 1917 by the United States Food Administration, the poster was part of the wartime campaign led by Herbert Hoover to get American households to cut waste so that grain and other supplies could reach Allied troops and civilians in Europe. The "Raleigh" credit points to the illustrator Henry Raleigh, whose bold color lithographs were widely reproduced for federal food programs. Its quotation from the poet John Greenleaf Whittier adds a moral weight to the appeal.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 73 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. No. 16. Title from item. · Whittier John Greenleaf 1807-1892. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Wounds & injuries--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,114 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 964_Blood_or_bread_Others_a_1917 |
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