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
Creator
Fuhr, Ernest, 1874-1933
Source
Emil A. Blackmore Museum Collection (Poster ID: 132)
Publisher
New York : The Carey Printing Company ; [1917]
Rights
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Coverage
World War I, 1914-1918 ; United States (nation)
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