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American First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration. Printed in sepia it features a central photograph depicting three French Women dragging a large plough. The title frames the image with text beneath incorporating pleas from Dr Alonzo Taylor (then Member for the Board of Trade and Special Advisor to the Food Administrator), Herbert Hoover (then Head of the United States Food Administration later President of United States 1929-1933) and Woodrow Wilson (then President of the United States) for Americans to save and produce as much food as possible to send as aid to Europe. Belgium faced a food crisis in 1914 after being invaded by Germany. Herbert Hoover worked for the Committee for Relief in Belgium (CRB). The CRB became, in effect, an independent republic of relief, with its own flag, navy, factories, mills, and railroads. After the United States entered the war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover head of the U.S. Food Administration. Hoover believed "food will win the war." He established set days to encourage people to avoid eating particular foods in order to save them for soldiers' rations: meatless Mondays, wheatless Wednesdays, and "when in doubt, eat potatoes."
First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration. It features an image of a starving woman and her children standing in front of the bombed ruins of a cathedral. The title and te
A United States First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration (poster No.17) in 1918. Depicts an abundant tableaux of brightly coloured fruit and vegetables. The text is posit
United States First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration in 1917. It features an expressive painting by Harvey Dunn in the top half of two soldiers at the front line advanc
An American First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration. The top half of the poster features a dramatic black and white depiction of a starving mother feeding her baby. Her
American First World War poster depicting a woman serving corn, with corn cakes, pancakes and containers of syrup, corn meal, etc in front of her. The poster was produced by the United States Food Adm
United States First World War poster issued by the Food Administration and the National Association of Ice Industries. An image depicting Uncle Sam, holding a spanner, urging an engineer to put down h