Prints, advertising; Image of a man, woman, and child on a hilltop overlooking building rooftops with a cathedral visible in the distance; the man stands facing the city and holding a burning torch while the mother sits slumped over the child laying across her lap with an empty food bowl at her side; the poster promotes the food conservation campaign in the United States during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on date provided for item in Patenaude, Wealth of ideas: Revelations from the Hoover Institution Archives, page 37. "United States Food Administration"--text, bottom center of image. "Foster & Kleiser"--text, bottom right of image. "Emil Grebs"--text, top right of image. "Schmidt Litho. S.F."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; image 75.88 x 50.8 cm (29 7/8 x 20 in.) ; overall 81.6 x 55.72 cm (32 1/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Families--Pictorial works Food conservation Hunger--Pictorial works Rationing World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States United States Food Administration Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) War posters--American--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection World War I Your Country Calls Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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