Poster, 'Sir - don't waste while your wife saves'

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Title

Poster, 'Sir - don't waste while your wife saves'

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Saving food, saving lives This First World War poster was created by the United States Food Administration to advocate for conservation of food resources for overseas allies. It asks men to do their share for the war effort by adopting the 'doctrine of the clean plate' and not let food go to waste. The portly man eating and smoking a cigar has left food on his plate; in the background, one of the two waiters shows his disapproval. British and American Posters in New Zealand This item is part ...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 1918

Creator

William Crawford Young / The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. / United States Food Administration

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/751716

Related subjects

men / Food / Eating & drinking / War / ink / paper / animal glue / political posters / colour lithography / United States

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