Can vegetables, fruit, and the Kaiser too: Write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C., , 1918

Item — Item: wwp00018

Identifier: Subseries 1.3:

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Subseries

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains posters urging Americans to grow food, conserve food, eat less of certain foods (especially wheat), and send food overseas for both armed forces and civilians.

Dates

Creation: 1918

Creator

Pack, Charles Lathrop (Creator, Person)
Verrees, J. Paul (Artist, Person)
National War Garden Commission (Creator, Organization)

Languages

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English and French.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 330 posters

Additional Description

Dimensions

22 x 33 in.

Note

Poster showing a caricature of the Kaiser in a canned food jar draped with a sword, topped with a helmet, and labeled "Kaiser Brand Unsweetened". Other canning jars are depicted with the labels "peas" and "tomatoes". With the text: "What are you doing? The Kaiser is canned-- can food. Can vegetables, fruit, and the Kaiser too. Write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C. , Charles Lathrop Pack, President, P.S. Ridsdale, Secretary”. Poster designed by J. Paul Verrees. Printed Philadelphia: Gatchel & Manning, Engravers, c. National War Garden Commission, 1918.