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

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### Description

A color image of Cardinal Mercier's head and shoulders is centered on the top half of the poster. He has gray hair and blue eyes, and wears a red garment with a white collar. The bottom half of the poster is all text.                                                    

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 71 x 52 cm.                                                    

### Creation Information

Illian, George, 1894-1932                                                                                        1918.                                                                                   

### Context

                            This                                                            **poster**                                                                                        is part of the collection entitled:                                                                World War One Collection                                                                and                                                                                        was provided by the  UNT Libraries Government Documents Department                                to the                                 UNT Digital Library,                                                                    a digital repository hosted by the                                    UNT Libraries.                                                                                        It has been viewed 1151 times.                                                        More information about this poster can be viewed below.                        

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###                                                                                     Artist                                                                            

            -  Illian, George, 1894-1932 

###                                                                                     Author                                                                            

            -  United States Food Administration 

### Publisher

            -  Latham Litho. & Printing Co.**Place of Publication:**                                                            Brooklyn, New York                                                         

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###                                     Titles                                

            -                                                          Main Title:                                                      Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      [United States Food Administration poster] 
            -                                                          Added Title:                                                      United States Food Administration Poster 10 
            -                                                          Added Title:                                                      Eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar, ship more to the war-stricken people of France, Belgium, Italy 
            -                                                          Added Title:                                                      Cardinal Mercier has appealed to Food Administration for more food for starving millions 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      American War Posters 

### Description

A color image of Cardinal Mercier's head and shoulders is centered on the top half of the poster. He has gray hair and blue eyes, and wears a red garment with a white collar. The bottom half of the poster is all text.

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 71 x 52 cm.

### Notes

Text continues: "Eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar. Ship more to the war-stricken people of France - Belgium - Italy"

Artist's name as printed on poster, "Illion", is misspelled.

"No. 10"--Printed at lower left corner of poster.

"Latham Litho & Ptg Co, Brooklyn, N.Y."

Listed in May 1918 Monthly Catalog, p. 625. Title varies slightly in Monthly Catalog entry.

Listed in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Catalog.

###                                         Subjects                                    

###                                                         Keywords                                                    

              -  Cardinal Mercier 
              -  U.S. Food Administration 
              -  food aid 
              -  hunger relief 
              -  post-war famine prevention 
              -  starving millions 
              -  war victims 

###                                                         Library of Congress Subject Headings                                                    

              -  Food conservation -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens. 
              -  Mercier, Désiré, 1851-1926. 
              -  United States Food Administration. 
              -  War posters, American -- 1914-1918 -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply -- Posters -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens. 

###                                             Language                                        

            -  English 

###                                         Item Type                                    

            -  Poster 

###                                         Identifier                                    

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            -  Accession or Local Control No :                                                                                                                                                             Database No. 421                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Government Documents No. :                                                                                                                                                             Y 3.F 73/10:10                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Call Number :                                                                                                                                                             Posters WWI Illian 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  UNT Catalog No. :                                                                                                                                                             b2699111                                                                                                                                                                | View in Discover 
            -  OCLC :                                                                                                                                                             51042155                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Archival Resource Key :                                                     ark:/67531/metadc314 

### Collections

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####                                                         World War One Collection                                                    

Materials focusing on the World War I era from 1914 to 1918.  In addition to materials that were actually created during the time period, the collection may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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###                                             Creation Date                                        

        -                                                          1918                                                     

###                                                                             Added to The UNT Digital Library                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      June 13, 2006, 4:58 p.m.                                                                                             

###                                                                             Description Last Updated                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      May 21, 2018, 11:18 p.m.                                                                                             

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Illian, George, 1894-1932.Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions.,poster,            1918;    Brooklyn, New York.                               (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc314/:accessed September 22, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;    crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.