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Illian KEEP IT COMING Pershing Soldiers Food Snow

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This original World War One poster is part of a large collection we are selling during this auction. The posters in this group have been carefully stored for the past century and form an impressive, unique collection. Browse other lots in this auction to view more pieces - buy more than one item and save on shipping. The artwork in this poster shows a convoy of army trucks labelled food drive through snow-covered ground on their way past a lone sentry to deliver food to the troops. This poster was produced as part of the United Stated Food Administration campaign. After the United States entered the war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Herbert Hoover head of the American Food Administration. Hoover believed "food will win the war." He established set days to encourage people to avoid eating particular foods in order to save them for soldiers rations: meatless Mondays, wheatless Wednesdays, and "when in doubt, eat potatoes." This system helped conserve food for the war. He helped reduce consumption of foodstuffs needed overseas and avoided rationing at home (dubbed "Hooverizing" by government propagandists. (courtesy of wikipedia)

Title: Keep it Coming
Artist: Illian
Printer: W.F. Powers Co. Litho; NY
Year: c1918
Dimensions: 21" by 29"

Condition/Details: Additional main body text includes: "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 Additional margin text includes: United States Food Administration No. 14 This bright, vivid poster shows beautifully and has some light creasing and wear concentrated at the edges. This poster has never been folded, nor has it ever been taped or pinned. Truly a remarkable find in this condition.The shipping cost (within the lower 48 states) will be: $8.50

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