Poster, 'Your Sugar Ration'

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Title

Poster, 'Your Sugar Ration'

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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...

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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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