They Are Giving All Will you send them Wheat? Propaganda Advertising Poster
| Genre: | Propaganda |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Harvey Dunn |
| Year Printed: | 1917 |
| Size: | 35.5 x 55" |
| Country of Poster: | Unknown |
| Restoration Detail: | Unrestored |
| Grade: | Very Fine |
| Additional Information: | Original WW1 poster: They are giving all ... Will you send them Wheat? U. S. Food Administration. Artist: Harvey Dunn. Size 35.5" x 55". Original World War 1 stone lithograph; archival linen backed; ready to frame. Reference: War Posters 138, Borkan p. 61, Theofiles 77. Designed for the U. S. Food administration by the division of pictorial publicity. No. 25. A poster produced by the U.S. Food Administration during World War I. “There was a feeling that the troops deserved white bread, and the rest of us could add cornmeal or rye flour,” says Joanne Lamb Hayes, author of Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen. (Harvey Dunn/U.S. Food Administration/Library of Congress) Finding bread alternatives may seem like a thoroughly modern obsession. (Can someone pass the chia-millet rolls?) But the widespread search for substitutes to white flour, in particular, dates back at least a century, to World War I, when Allied forces aggressively urged consumers to change their starchy habits for nationalistic reasons. On one hand, bread was symbolically important: It conjured ideas of comfort that were especially welcome during a time of fear and turmoil. The act of sharing a loaf — literally breaking bread together — carried psychological weight. This They Are Giving All Will you send them Wheat? is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen backed to preserve and protect the poster, and in excellent condition. |
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