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Will you help the women of France? Save wheat

 Item — Item: wwp00028
Identifier: Subseries 1.3:

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: 1914-1945

Creator

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

Physical Description

Poster is in fragile state and has multiple tears.

Dimensions

56 x 36.5 in.

Note

Poster showing three women pulling a cultivating machine. Poster art by Edward Penfield. Designed for the U.S. Food Administration by the Division of Pictorial Publicity. Printed: New York: W.F. Powers Co. Litho, [1918]. No. 23.

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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Claremont CA 91711 United States