Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year--Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now / E. Fuhr The Carey Printing Company New York. – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
This vintage poster of Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year--Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now / E. Fuhr The Carey Printing Company New York. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year--Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now / E. Fuhr The Carey Printing Company New York.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few wartime posters make their case as bluntly as this one, which links a glass of sweetened drink to the cargo space on a transport ship. Its claim that 400 million pounds of sugar arrived by sea in a single year points to a vulnerability the government wanted Americans to understand: every hold filled with sweetener was one not carrying soldiers or supplies to Europe. Issued under the United States Food Administration, headed by Herbert Hoover, the lithograph belongs to the voluntary conservation campaign that asked households to cut back on sugar during the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 39 x 49 cm. |
| Notes | United States Food Administration. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Eating & drinking--1910-1920. Sugar--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,711 × 3,777 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 760_Sugar_means_shipsThe_co_1917 |
More from the World War I collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
