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.

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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.

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1 poster : col. ; 76 x 51 cm.

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Chambers, Charles Edward, ca. 1883-1941. 1918.

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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.

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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.)

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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

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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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World War Poster Collection

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  • 1918

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  • June 12, 2006, 10:26 p.m.

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  • 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 May 18, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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