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#                 War rages in France: we must feed them.            

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### Description

Black & white print. A large crowd of people of all ages walk or ride in carts on a cobble street. Behind them is a ruined building.                                                    

### Physical Description

1 poster : b&w ; 75 x 51 cm.                                                    

### Creation Information

Townsend                                                                                        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 1051 times.                                                        More information about this poster can be viewed below.                        

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###                                                                                     Artist                                                                            

            -  Townsend 

### Publisher

            -  United States Food Administration**Place of Publication:**                                                            United States                                                         

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###                                     Titles                                

            -                                                          Main Title:                                                      War rages in France: we must feed them. 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      [United States Food Administration poster] 
            -                                                          Added Title:                                                      United States Food Administration Poster 19 
            -                                                          Series Title:                                                      American War Posters 

### Description

Black & white print. A large crowd of people of all ages walk or ride in carts on a cobble street. Behind them is a ruined building.

### Physical Description

1 poster : b&w ; 75 x 51 cm.

### Notes

Additional text: "They cannot fight & raise food at the same time""Denying ourselves only a little means life to them"

"United States Food Administration"--Centered at bottom with USFA seal.

"No. 19"

Listed in May 1918 Monthly Catalog.

Listed in Library of Congress Prints & Photographs catalog.

UNT Library has seven other copies of this poster. (Historical Collection no. Y2138; DB nos. 366 to 372.)

###                                         Subjects                                    

###                                                         Keywords                                                    

              -  France 
              -  civilian responsibility 
              -  famine prevention 
              -  foreign aid 
              -  war victims 
              -  war zone 

###                                                         Library of Congress Subject Headings                                                    

              -  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. 365                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Government Documents No. :                                                                                                                                                             Y 3.F 73/10:19                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Call Number :                                                                                                                                                             Posters WW1 Townsend 1                                                                                                                                                                                                             
            -  Archival Resource Key :                                                     ark:/67531/metadc355 

### 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 12, 2006, 10:31 p.m.                                                                                             

###                                                                             Description Last Updated                                                                    

        -                                                                                                      May 21, 2018, 6:24 p.m.                                                                                             

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Townsend.War rages in France: we must feed them.,poster,            1918;    United States.                               (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc355/:accessed September 22, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;    crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.