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U.S. Food Administration Poster with Examples of Outdoor Advertising
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More examples of the prominence given to wartime messages about food in the public sphere during WWI.

Poster text: "All Public Spirited Outdoor Advertising Organizations are Operating in the Drive to Gain the Self-Sacrificing Loyalty of Our People to the U.S. Food Administration.
The Campaign Has Resulted in Displays of Effective Design on Every Conceivable Location Favorable for This Use.
A Few of the 550 Designs Completed Are Shown on This Page. The Campaign is Nationwide. 5000 Signs Are Needed— What Can You Do to Help It Along?"

Outdoor Advertising Section, Public Information Division, U.S. Food Administration, 1917.

Source: Special Collections, National Agricultural Library