Will you help the women of France? Save wheat; They are struggling against starvation and trying to feed not only themselves and children: but their husbands and sons who are fighting in the trenches.
1918. Poster. Original color lithograph, 36 x 55 1/2 inches. This scarce WWI era poster shows three women pulling a cultivating machine. The United States Food Administration, headed by Herbert Hoover, tried to persuade Americans to eat less wheat, along with meat, butter, and sugar for the war effort. In acceptable condition mounted on linen but with folds and chips with some small images loss. Still frameable due to linen backing. Edward Penfield (1866-1925), an artist who lived and worked..... More