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United States Food Administration Food will win the war

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09522 Author/Creator: United States Food Administration Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 79 cm, Width: 53 cm Order a Copy

Color poster by Charles E. Chambers of people standing on a boat or shoreline at New York Harbor. 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.

United States Food Administration

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