Keep it coming: Waste nothing,, 1917

Item — Item: wwp00027

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: 1917

Creator

Illian, George (Artist, Person)
United States Food Administration (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

21 x 29 in.

Note

Poster showing a convoy of Army trucks labeled "food" in a snowy landscape. With the quote: "We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women & children behind our lines" Gen. John J. Pershing. Poster art signed: Illian. Printed: New York: The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., [1917] for the United States Food Administration. No. 14.