Sugar Means Ships
Title
Sugar Means Ships
Subject
Communication Artifacts ; Advertising Media ; Poster
Description
Poster showing a young woman drinking through a straw, Europe under a cloud "War" in the distance, as ships are diverted from carrying soldiers and supplies to carry sugar.
Text: "Sugar means ships. The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced. For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year. Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now."
United States Food Administration
Text: "Sugar means ships. The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced. For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year. Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now."
United States Food Administration
Creator
Fuhr, Ernest, 1874-1933
Source
Emil A. Blackmore Museum Collection (Poster ID: 132)
Publisher
New York : The Carey Printing Company ; [1917]
Date
1917
Rights
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Format
19 x 15 in. ; linen-backed
Language
eng
Type
still image
Identifier
132
Coverage
World War I, 1914-1918 ; United States (nation)
Collection
Citation
Fuhr, Ernest, 1874-1933, “Sugar Means Ships,” The Emil A. Blackmore Museum, accessed April 19, 2024, https://legionmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/190.