LItalia ha bisogno di carne-frumento-grasso zucchero / Illion [sic] Latham Lith. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y. – Historic Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of LItalia ha bisogno di carne-frumento-grasso zucchero / Illion [sic] Latham Lith. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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LItalia ha bisogno di carne-frumento-grasso zucchero / Illion [sic] Latham Lith. Ptg. Co. Brooklyn N.Y.
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Few posters on this board were addressed to Italian-speaking readers, and this one asks Italian Americans to cut back on meat, wheat, fat and sugar. Printed in Brooklyn in 1917, it carries the United States Food Administration's seal and the notice "Amministrazione dei Cibi," the Italian name for that wartime agency. Its message is that food saved at home would go to American people and to Italy's troops, who were fighting on the Italian front. The campaign was led by Herbert Hoover, whose agency encouraged voluntary conservation through meatless and wheatless days. The poster's bilingual wording shows how the government reached immigrant communities in their own language.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 71 x 52 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Mangiate poco di questo cibo percheacute deve andare al nostro popolo a le truppe dItalia. Title translated: Italy has need of meat wheat fat and sugar. Amministrazione dei Cibi Stati Uniti. No. 8. · United States Food Administration sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. War relief--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,728 × 4,775 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 982_LItalia_ha_bisogno_di_c_1917 |
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