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#                 Food will win the war : you came here seeking freedom, you must now help to preserve it : wheat is needed for the Allies, waste nothing.            

### Description

Color poster of people standing on a boat or shoreline near the sea. They appear to be European immigrants. In the foreground, a man appears to be pleading with a woman holding a basket of food. In the background can be seen part of a large ship, the Statue of Liberty, and a rainbow stretching across the New York skyline. A man waves his cap in that direction.                                                    

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 76 x 51 cm.                                                    

### Creation Information

Chambers, Charles Edward, ca. 1883-1941.                                                                                        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 10849 times, with 31 in the last month.                                                        More information about this poster can be viewed below.                        

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###                                                                                     Artist                                                                            

            -  Chambers, Charles Edward, ca. 1883-1941. 

###                                                                                     Author                                                                            

            -  United States Food Administration. 

### Publisher

            -  Rusling Wood, Litho.**Place of Publication:**                                                            New York                                                         

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### Description

Color poster of people standing on a boat or shoreline near the sea. They appear to be European immigrants. In the foreground, a man appears to be pleading with a woman holding a basket of food. In the background can be seen part of a large ship, the Statue of Liberty, and a rainbow stretching across the New York skyline. A man waves his cap in that direction.

### Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 76 x 51 cm.

### Notes

Seal of the U.S. Food Administration is centered at the bottom of the poster, above the words "United States Food Administration".

"No. 18"--Printed at lower left margin of poster.

"Rusling Wood, Litho."--Lower right margin.

Listed in May 1918 Monthly Catalog, p. 625.

Listed in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs catalog.

UNT Library has 4 other copies. (Historical Collection no. Y2130 (ST.F. 308)--DB # 352-355.)

###                                         Subjects                                    

###                                                         Keywords                                                    

              -  Allies 
              -  New York 
              -  Statue of Liberty 
              -  civilian responsibility 
              -  food 
              -  freedom 
              -  immigrants 
              -  rainbow 
              -  victory 
              -  waste nothing 

###                                                         Library of Congress Subject Headings                                                    

              -  Food conservation -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens. 
              -  War posters, American -- 1914-1918 -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply -- Posters -- Specimens. 
              -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Patriotism -- United States -- 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. 356                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Government Documents No. :                                                                                                                                                             Y 3.F 73/10:18                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Call Number :                                                                                                                                                             Posters WW1 Chambers 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Archival Resource Key :                                                     ark:/67531/metadc360 

### Collections

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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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        -                                                          1918                                                     

###                                                                             Added to The UNT Digital Library                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      June 12, 2006, 10:26 p.m.                                                                                             

###                                                                             Description Last Updated                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      Oct. 8, 2014, 5:31 p.m.                                                                                             

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Chambers, Charles Edward, ca. 1883-1941.Food will win the war : you came here seeking freedom, you must now help to preserve it : wheat is needed for the Allies, waste nothing.,poster,            1918;    New York.                               (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc360/:accessed September 22, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;    crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.