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- Title
- Poster, 'Your Sugar Ration'
- Content partner
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
America's voluntary ration This First World War poster was created by the United States Government for display in shops participating in voluntary rationing. It advocates the conservation of food resources for overseas allies, specifically sugar. By the time the United States entered the war in April 1917, America was a major exporter of sugar, as it grew well in its tropical regions. During the First World War, sustaining Britain and the rest of the Entente Allies was one of the United State...
- Format
- Image
- Date created
- circa 1917
- Creator
- The Carey Printing Company / Federal Government of the United States
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/753021
- Related subjects
- ink / paper / political posters / lithography / World War, 1914-1918 / Food / Sugar / Consumer rationing / New York
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