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Municipal building, Trenton, N.J., the first to be equipped with the U.S. Food Administration's sign
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Photograph shows a large sign that states "Food will win the war don't waste it. America's problem: Ships and food - to send the most food possible in least shipping space. Solution: Eat less wheat, beef, pork, fats and sugar. 'Get behind our Soldiers, Sailors and Allies'" mounted on the front of the Trenton, New Jersey, Municipal Building as part of a conservation drive to save food for the war effort during World War I.
Includes lengthy caption mounted on verso.
Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. It also prepared sets of pictures on popular subjects and undertook special photographic assignments for local businesses and government agencies. The bulk of the images were created between 1909 and 1932. The photographic files of the National Photo Company, including an estimated 80,000 images (photographic prints and corresponding glass negatives), were acquired by the Library from its proprietor Herbert E. French in 1947.
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