food supply

The opening of the parcels post tunnel, January 1, 1913 / Kep.

Illustration shows that a freight train has departed a railroad station labeled "Producer" in the countryside and is passing through a tunnel labeled "Parcels Post Tunnel" in a mountain labeled "Mount Middleman... More

Food will win the war - We observe meatless days, wheatless days, pork...

42270 (Class G) U.S. Copyright Office. Member of U.S. Food Administration. Poster is text only, and cut to an arched shape. Window sign for food service establishments. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : Am... More

She is doing her part to help win the war / Howard Chandler Christy 19...

Poster showing a woman cooking with corn meal, oats, and barley. Civilians were encouraged to restrict their use of wheat.

She is doing her part to help win the war / Howard Chandler Christy 19...

Poster showing a woman cooking with corn meal, oats, and barley. Civilians were encouraged to restrict their use of wheat.

Cardinal Mercier - Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de...

Poster showing a portrait of Cardinal Mercier. Text continues: Par conséquent, consommez moins de pain-de viande-de graisse et de sucre. Augmentez autant que possible vos envois aux malheureuses victimes de la ... More

Don't let up - Keep on saving food / F. Luis Mora.

Poster showing a man standing over a fallen German soldier. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables / James Mo...

Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Text continues: Write to the National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C., for free books on gardening, canning, & drying. Caption: "Every garden a munition plant" - Cha... More

Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar-...

Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our problem is to feed our allies this winter by sending them as much ...

Text continues: ... of the most concentrated nutritive value in the least shipping space. These foods are wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and sugar. Our solution is to eat less of these and more of other food... More

Hunger - For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium Will...

Poster showing starving women and children. No. 12. United States Food Administration.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co. Lit...

Poster showing a loaf of bread being sliced. U.S. Food Administration. No. 3.

The food question down south, Confederate States of America

Editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war

Poster showing a loaf of bread cut by a knife. United States Food Administration. No. 104. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

For patriotic agricultural service--wanted at once, men and boys who h...

Poster showing small scenes of ploughing and a military camp, with extensive text soliciting agricultural workers and offering assistance to farmers. New York State Food Supply Commission, Albany, N.Y. Includes... More

Poster - Sugar--save it - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a list of ways to save sugar. Text continues: 1. none on fruits; 2. none in desserts; 3. less on cereals; 4. less in coffee and tea; 5. less in preserving; 6. less cake & candy; 7. use other swee... More

Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan.

Produce in basket, soldiers with American flag on horseback in background. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918(?).

Will you have a part in victory? / James Montgomery Flagg.

Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Caption: "Every garden a munition plant." Charles Lathrop Pack, President. Copyright by National War Garden Commission.

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the wa...

Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. United States Food Administration. No. 16.

Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar-...

Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eat more cornmeal, rye flour, oatmeal, and barley--Save the wheat for ...

Poster showing canisters of various flours, with a train of cavalry in silhouhette in the background.

The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going / W...

Three people carrying food. Designed for the United States Food Administration. No. 24. Promotional goal: U.S.A1.J7. 1918.

Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must he...

Poster showing immigrants arriving in New York harbor, with Statue of Liberty beneath a rainbow. United States Food Administration. No. 18.

Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must he...

Poster showing immigrants arriving in New York harbor, with Statue of Liberty beneath a rainbow. United States Food Administration. No. 18.

What we get to eat in the country / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon showing a country woman harvesting canned fruits and vegetables from "The Quaint Old Kitchen Garden", surrounded with scenes of a young boy catching canned "Salmon" from a ... More

Little Americans, do your bit Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush, [...] Save ...

Poster showing a young boy saluting a bowl of cereal. United States Food Administration. No. 21.

Can vegetables, fruit, and the kaiser too--Write for free book to Nati...

Poster (reproduction) showing jars of canned goods, including "Tomatoes," "Peas," and "Monarch Brand Unsweetened" which contains a caricature of the Kaiser.

This is what God gives us - what are you giving so that others may liv...

Poster showing a bounty of fall fruits and vegetables. United States Food Administration. No. 17.

Corn saved the Pilgrims and fed our pioneers--Corn will help us feed t...

Poster showing several dishes made with corn, including yeast bread, corn-meal fish balls, and homemade hulled corn or lye hominy; text lists numerous corn dishes, and offers free recipes on request. Text conti... More

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan.

Produce in basket, soldiers with American flag on horseback in background. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918(?).

Wholesome - nutritious foods from corn / Lloyd Harrison.

Poster showing corn products, including corn oil, cornstarch and baked goods. Caption: Corn products are plentiful. Use them in cakes, candies, puddings, and preserving, for salads, shortening, and for frying. ... More

Mina Van Winkle, head of the Lecture Bureau of the U.S. Food Administr...

Photograph shows president of the Woman's Political Union of New Jersey displaying fresh and canned vegetables on table in front of blackboard on which is written a canning club song.

Defeat the Kaiser and his U-boats--Victory depends on which fails firs...

Poster showing a dark figure [Kaiser?] and a U-boat, with a burning vessel sinking in the distance. OC.

[Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must h...

Poster showing immigrants arriving in New York harbor, with Statue of Liberty beneath a rainbow. Text is in Yiddish. United States Food Administration. No. 18a. Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Con... More

Blood or bread Others are giving their blood - You will shorten the wa...

Poster showing a man lifting an injured man. United States Food Administration. No. 16.

Can vegetables, fruit, and the kaiser too--Write for free book to Nati...

Poster (reproduction) showing jars of canned goods, including "Tomatoes," "Peas," and "Monarch Brand Unsweetened" which contains a caricature of the Kaiser.

Save the products of the land--Eat more fish-they feed themselves Unit...

Poster showing underwater view of fish swimming among seaweed. No. 13.

[Kościuszko, Pułaski - They fought for liberty in America [...] Eat le...

Poster showing a portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Text is in Polish. No. 9.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918. No. 23. Designed for the United States Food Administration.

Be patriotic--sign your country's pledge to save the food / Paul Stahr...

Woman, wearing hat and dress with stars and stripes, holding out her arms. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918? U.S. Food Administration poster.

[Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must h...

Poster showing immigrants arriving in New York harbor, with Statue of Liberty beneath a rainbow. Text is in Yiddish. United States Food Administration. No. 18a. Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Con... More

Don't waste food while others starve! / L.C. Clinker & M.J. Dwyer ; He...

Poster showing a gaunt mother and children, with others, among ruins. United States Food Administration. No. 31.

Don't waste food while others starve! / L.C. Clinker & M.J. Dwyer ; He...

Poster showing a gaunt mother and children, with others, among ruins. United States Food Administration. No. 31.

Save [...] and serve the cause of freedom / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co....

Foods and their substitutes are listed: 1. Wheat - use more corn 2. Meat - use more fish and beans 3. Fats - use just enough 4. Sugar - use syrups. Poster is text only. U.S. Food Administration. No. 2.

Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food...

Poster showing a portrait of Cardinal Mercier. Text continues: Eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy. No. 10.

Poster - Food - don't waste it - Public domain lithograph

Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"America, the hope of all who suffer, the dread of all who wrong," Whi...

Red Cross nurse with wounded and needy people, including a soldier and a mother holding a child, all gesturing toward the quote from Whittier. United States Food Administration.

Food for France / F. Luis Mora.

Poster showing a girl feeding soup to a wounded soldier. Public domain photograph of food advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corn - the food of the nation Serve some way every meal - appetizing, ...

Poster showing a woman serving muffins, pancakes, and grits, with cannisters on the table labeled corn meal, grits, and hominy. United States Food Administration.

Feed a fighter - Eat only what you need - Waste nothing - That he and ...

Poster showing a soldier in a trench, holding a cup. United States Food Administration. No. 15.

Feed a fighter - Eat only what you need - Waste nothing - That he and ...

Poster showing a soldier in a trench, holding a cup. United States Food Administration. No. 15.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Keep it coming - waste nothing / Illian ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., ...

Poster showing a convoy of Army trucks labeled "food" in a snowy landscape. "We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women & children behind our lines" Gen. John J. Pershing. United ... More

Hunger - For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium Will...

Poster showing starving women and children. No. 12. United States Food Administration.

Food will win the war Official pictures of the United States Food Admi...

Poster showing an eagle with emblem and flags. Public domain scan of theatrical performance poster, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America's food pledge, 20 million tons / The Carey Printing Company, N...

Poster showing text only. Title continues: We have promised to feed the hungry millions of Europe-the Allies and liberated nations. Save food, two-thirds more than last year from stocks no larger. United States... More

They are giving all - Will you send them wheat? U.S. Food Administrati...

Poster showing soldiers with bayonets charging over a hill. Designed for the U.S. Food Administration by the Division of Pictorial Publicity. No. 25.

Wholesome - nutritious foods from corn / Lloyd Harrison.

Poster showing an assortment of foods and dishes, along with corn starch, corn oil, and corn syrup. Caption continues: Corn products are plentiful. Use them in cakes, candies, puddings and preserving, for sala... More

[Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must h...

Poster showing immigrants arriving in New York harbor, with Statue of Liberty beneath a rainbow. Text is in Yiddish. United States Food Administration. No. 18a. Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Con... More

Will you have a part in victory? / James Montgomery Flagg.

Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Caption: "Every garden a munition plant." Charles Lathrop Pack, President. Copyright by National War Garden Commission.

Food--don't waste it / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y.

Text continues: 1. Buy it with thought 2. Cook it with care 3. Use less wheat and meat 4. Buy local foods 5. Serve just enough 6. Use what is left. Poster is text only. U.S. Food Administration. No. 1.

Wholesome - nutritious foods from corn / Lloyd Harrison.

Poster showing corn products, including corn oil, cornstarch and baked goods. Caption: Corn products are plentiful. Use them in cakes, candies, puddings, and preserving, for salads, shortening, and for frying. ... More

Eat less, and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with tho...

Poster showing a bounty of fall fruits and vegetables. United States Food Administration. No. 17. 1918.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Keep it coming - waste nothing / Illian ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., ...

Poster showing a convoy of Army trucks labeled "food" in a snowy landscape. "We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women & children behind our lines" Gen. John J. Pershing. United ... More

Save a loaf a week - help win the war / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co. Lit...

Poster showing a loaf of bread being sliced. U.S. Food Administration. No. 3.

Food--don't waste it / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y.

Text continues: 1. Buy it with thought 2. Cook it with care 3. Use less wheat and meat 4. Buy local foods 5. Serve just enough 6. Use what is left. Poster is text only. U.S. Food Administration. No. 1.

Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar-...

Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The war-bread wagon during World War I

Photograph shows women cooks of the New York City Food Aid Committee demonstrating how to bake breads and other baked goods using wheat substitutes, such as corn and rye, as part of a conservation drive to save... More

Municipal building, Trenton, N.J., the first to be equipped with the U...

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,... More

War rages in France - We must feed them / Townsend.

Poster showing refugees in a ruined street. Text continues: They cannot fight & raise food at the same time. Denying ourselves only a little means Life to them. United States Food Administration. No. 19.

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 10, 1917

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Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 9, 1917

Canning unit, Summit, N.J (before 1920)

Photograph shows women in U.S. Food Administration uniforms standing in front of cars with signs promoting food preservation for the war effort.

Registered War Garden under protection of State Council of Defense / J...

Poster showing a cartoon from the Chicago Evening Post of a farmer waving a banner "War Gardens" as his cannon made from a bushel basket fires produce and a German figure sky high. Title continues: All the Ammu... More

Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 10, 1917

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 10, 1917

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 10, 1917

Sow the seeds of victory! Plant & raise your own vegetables / James Mo...

Poster showing Liberty sowing seeds. Text continues: Write to the National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C., for free books on gardening, canning, & drying. Caption: "Every garden a munition plant" - Cha... More

Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 9, 1917

Czechoslovaks for Hoover's children's relief committee / WI ; P&GA.

Poster showing a girl before an American flag, with bags and baskets of produce. Designed, cut and printed at the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass. Wentworth poster no. 20.

Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Tried and tested recipes adapted to present day requirements

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Military orders from Colonel William Christian to Captain Isaac Shelby

Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 9, 1917

Free milk for France / F. Luis Mora.

Poster showing a soldier ladling out milk for children. Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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