Theme
Posters promoting food rationing, resource conservation, and agricultural production to support troops and the home front.
Text says to help the national egg collection for the wounded. Illustration shows a hen.
Text says to save the products of the land by eating more fish because they feed themselves. Illustration shows fish in the water.
Text says that Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful of coal to preserve a soldier's life. So save the coal. Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing behind a man shoveling the coal into the furnace.
Text says that the consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced, because the ships which would deliver the sugar for the drinks are needed to carry soldier's and supplies. Illustration shows a women drinking with a straw as a bunch of tiny ships marked "sugar" go in her direction while other little ships marked "supplies" and "soldiers" go in the direction of the "war."
Text says to give eggs to the wounded during Easter week. Illustration shows a man on crutches pointing to a calender which is marked off on dates in April which are Easter week.
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