Keep it coming ... : waste nothing.

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Color poster shows a convoy of green food-supply trucks driving through snow. A soldier in a long coat and helmet appears to be directing the trucks. In the lower left corner is the seal of the U.S. Food Administration.

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1 poster : col. ; 74 x 53 cm.

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Illian, George, 1894-1932 1918.

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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 1148 times. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: Keep it coming ... : waste nothing.
  • Alternate Title: Food, keep it coming, waste nothing
  • Series Title: American War Posters

Description

Color poster shows a convoy of green food-supply trucks driving through snow. A soldier in a long coat and helmet appears to be directing the trucks. In the lower left corner is the seal of the U.S. Food Administration.

Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 74 x 53 cm.

Notes

Additional text on poster: "'We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women & children behind our lines' : Gen. John J. Pershing".

Artist's signature with logo at upper left corner of picture: "ILLIAN".

"United States Food Administration"

"No. 14"

"The W.F. Powers Co. Litho, N.Y."

Listed in May 1918 Monthly Catalog, p. 625.

Listed in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs catalog; also listed at National Archives and Records Administration.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 408
  • Government Documents No.: Y 3.F 73/10:14
  • Call Number: Posters WW1 Illian 2
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2699110 | View in Discover
  • OCLC: 51042063
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc326

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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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  • 1918

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  • June 13, 2006, 4:57 p.m.

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  • Jan. 16, 2019, 1:30 p.m.

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Illian, George, 1894-1932. Keep it coming ... : waste nothing., poster, 1918; New York, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc326/: accessed April 2, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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