Food Will Win the War. 1917.

Artist: CHARLES E. CHAMBERS (1883-1941)
Size: 20 x 30 in./51 x 76.2 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at edges.
Printer: Rusling Wood Litho., New York
Reference: Ref (all var but Rawls and PAI): Rawls, p. 113; Theophiles, p. 94; Gallo, p. 92; PAI-LXXVII, 78
Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; Food/Drink; Propaganda; New York

Food Will Win the War. 1917.
“Because of desperate food shortages in Europe, it was understood that America must find a way to feed the Allies—she already supplied wheat for ninety-percent of Britain’s daily bread. The generosity and compassion of the American people and the great agricultural resources of the North American continent would be called upon... Twenty million Americans signed pledges of membership in the Food Administration, which obligated them to conserve scarce food so that our Allies in Europe would not have to go hungry. In addition to meat and eggs, Americans were urged to cut back on wheat, the single most vital food item... Meatless and wheatless days each week were patriotically subscribed to by America’s families” (Rawls, p. 112-115). This was one of the many posters published by the U.S. Food Administration aimed at pleasing recent immigrants with an inspiring New York harbor scene that shows the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan shimmering under a patriotic rainbow. The poster was produced in a total of five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Yiddish.