Canada Food Board recipe books – Antique Print
(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
Step back in time with Canada Food Board recipe books, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Canada Food Board recipe books
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Few posters of the war turned the kitchen into a front line, but this one does, promoting recipe booklets as a practical way to stretch food supplies. Issued under the name of the Canada Food Board, the federal body that oversaw wartime food production and conservation, it shows how the war effort reached into ordinary households. Governments across the belligerent nations asked homemakers to cook with less wheat, meat, and sugar, and printed guides like these were meant to make that sacrifice feel manageable. The record dates it to 1914, which is worth keeping in mind when reading the poster's appeal to thrift.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph color ; 71 x 55 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Canada Food Board funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. Economic aspects of war--Canada--1910-1920. Cookery--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,908 × 6,168 px · prints to 16 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 625_Canada_Food_Board_recip_1914 |
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