Rare 1918 New Hampshire Food Administration propaganda broadside, Buy and Eat Potatoes
Produced by the New Hampshire Food Administration and printed by Evans Printing Company in Concord, NH, dated 1918. This antique broadside measures 29” x 20 7/8”
The broadside was printed to encourage citizens to attend New Hampshire's "potato drive" from April 15 to May 15, 1918. Farmers needed to conserve wheat, and that effort was supported by people buying and eating potatoes.
The four wee poster reproductions in each corner were created by the Division of Pictorial Publicity in Washington, DC. Many such posters were made throughout the war years to increase public support for food conservation efforts.
TO HELP OUR FARMERS
TO PREVENT WASTE
TO SAVE WHEAT
TO WIN THE WAR
BUY AND EAT
POTATOES
NOW!
Be a “Potatriot” and Help Move the Crop from
Bin to Dinner Table During
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S
“POTATO DRIVE”
APRIL 15 to MAY 15
The four corners, which are also illustrated, read as follows:
Victory is a Question of Stamina
Send - the Wheat
Meat • Fats • Sugar
The Fuel For Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
KEEP it COMING
“We must not only
Feed our Soldiers
At the front but
The millions of
Women & children
Behind our lines
Gen. John J. Pershing
WASTE NOTHING
[General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing (1860-1948) served the United States in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippines, the Mexican Intervention, and the First World War.]
BLOOD or BREAD
Others are giving their blood
You will shorten the war-
Save life if you eat only what
You need and waste nothing.
The Spirit of ’18
The World Cry -
Food!
Cultivate the Soil.
Condition: There is light crumpling along the top, a mild fold, and two tears that have been stopped with archival P3 tape. Minimal edgewear otherwise. It is currently being stored flat, but has a slight curl from the bottom up.
Very rare piece of US propaganda history. Outside of the New Hampshire Historical Society, we can find no other examples.
Please Note: This item will ship rolled, and it will ship FREE.
Produced by the New Hampshire Food Administration and printed by Evans Printing Company in Concord, NH, dated 1918. This antique broadside measures 29” x 20 7/8”
The broadside was printed to encourage citizens to attend New Hampshire's "potato drive" from April 15 to May 15, 1918. Farmers needed to conserve wheat, and that effort was supported by people buying and eating potatoes.
The four wee poster reproductions in each corner were created by the Division of Pictorial Publicity in Washington, DC. Many such posters were made throughout the war years to increase public support for food conservation efforts.
TO HELP OUR FARMERS
TO PREVENT WASTE
TO SAVE WHEAT
TO WIN THE WAR
BUY AND EAT
POTATOES
NOW!
Be a “Potatriot” and Help Move the Crop from
Bin to Dinner Table During
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S
“POTATO DRIVE”
APRIL 15 to MAY 15
The four corners, which are also illustrated, read as follows:
Victory is a Question of Stamina
Send - the Wheat
Meat • Fats • Sugar
The Fuel For Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
KEEP it COMING
“We must not only
Feed our Soldiers
At the front but
The millions of
Women & children
Behind our lines
Gen. John J. Pershing
WASTE NOTHING
[General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing (1860-1948) served the United States in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippines, the Mexican Intervention, and the First World War.]
BLOOD or BREAD
Others are giving their blood
You will shorten the war-
Save life if you eat only what
You need and waste nothing.
The Spirit of ’18
The World Cry -
Food!
Cultivate the Soil.
Condition: There is light crumpling along the top, a mild fold, and two tears that have been stopped with archival P3 tape. Minimal edgewear otherwise. It is currently being stored flat, but has a slight curl from the bottom up.
Very rare piece of US propaganda history. Outside of the New Hampshire Historical Society, we can find no other examples.
Please Note: This item will ship rolled, and it will ship FREE.
Produced by the New Hampshire Food Administration and printed by Evans Printing Company in Concord, NH, dated 1918. This antique broadside measures 29” x 20 7/8”
The broadside was printed to encourage citizens to attend New Hampshire's "potato drive" from April 15 to May 15, 1918. Farmers needed to conserve wheat, and that effort was supported by people buying and eating potatoes.
The four wee poster reproductions in each corner were created by the Division of Pictorial Publicity in Washington, DC. Many such posters were made throughout the war years to increase public support for food conservation efforts.
TO HELP OUR FARMERS
TO PREVENT WASTE
TO SAVE WHEAT
TO WIN THE WAR
BUY AND EAT
POTATOES
NOW!
Be a “Potatriot” and Help Move the Crop from
Bin to Dinner Table During
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S
“POTATO DRIVE”
APRIL 15 to MAY 15
The four corners, which are also illustrated, read as follows:
Victory is a Question of Stamina
Send - the Wheat
Meat • Fats • Sugar
The Fuel For Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
KEEP it COMING
“We must not only
Feed our Soldiers
At the front but
The millions of
Women & children
Behind our lines
Gen. John J. Pershing
WASTE NOTHING
[General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing (1860-1948) served the United States in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippines, the Mexican Intervention, and the First World War.]
BLOOD or BREAD
Others are giving their blood
You will shorten the war-
Save life if you eat only what
You need and waste nothing.
The Spirit of ’18
The World Cry -
Food!
Cultivate the Soil.
Condition: There is light crumpling along the top, a mild fold, and two tears that have been stopped with archival P3 tape. Minimal edgewear otherwise. It is currently being stored flat, but has a slight curl from the bottom up.
Very rare piece of US propaganda history. Outside of the New Hampshire Historical Society, we can find no other examples.
Please Note: This item will ship rolled, and it will ship FREE.
