Guard your Family's Health: Learn about the new wartime foods in a nutrition class Accession Number: ARTV02550

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Second World War United States poster related to guarding your family's health through nutrition and healthy eating. This was poster no. 30 in a series produced by the United States Office of War Information. The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a government agency created during the Second World War to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both at home and abroad. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities. The office also established several overseas branches, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaigns abroad.

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Accession Number
ARTV02550
Publisher
WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES, OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1943 (WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT
Artist
Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 72.4 cm x 56.2 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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