The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going / Wm. McKee. – Antique Wall Art
![The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going / Wm. McKee., Boston : Forbes, [1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/db/dbb9bcb66d17-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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This rare vintage poster captures The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going / Wm. McKee. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going / Wm. McKee.
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Keep the home garden going" and "The world cry, food" are the lines that set this 1918 poster apart from the Food Administration's many other appeals. Designed by William McKee and printed in Boston by Forbes, it was issued as No. 24 in the agency's series. The United States Food Administration, led by Herbert Hoover, was created in 1917 to conserve staples and send supplies to Allied countries and American troops. Its campaigns urged households to plant vegetable gardens, a practice later called Victory gardens, so that more commercial produce could go overseas.
| Created / published | Boston : Forbes, [1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Designed for the United States Food Administration. No. 24. Promotional goal: U.S.A1.J7. 1918. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 811 × 1,224 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218346 |
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