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Food Administration poster: Eat less wheat, meat, fats, sugar – Antique Poster Print

Food Administration poster: Eat less wheat, meat, fats, sugar, 1917 — vintage poster
Food Administration poster: Eat less wheat, meat, fats, sugar, 1917. Vintage poster from the World War I collection.

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Food Administration poster: Eat less wheat, meat, fats, sugar comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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The poster's four-item request, to eat less wheat, meat, fats, and sugar, reflects how the U.S. government reshaped home cooking during World War I. Herbert Hoover's U.S. Food Administration, created in 1917, asked American households to conserve staples so that more food could go to Allied troops and civilians overseas. Posters like this one carried that message into kitchens and dining rooms, and the holiday table was one place where families felt the change most directly.

Created / published1917
Original scan3,806 × 4,755 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference869_This_is_what_God_gives_1917

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