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Food is a Weapon — Don’t Waste It!
Key Details
Date: 1943
Created By: Office of War Information, U.S. Government Printing Office
Original or Replica: Replica
Era: The General
Collection: IKEducation
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Poster: ‘Food is a Weapon–Don’t Waste It!’
National Wartime Nutrition Program. Office of War Information Poster No. 58. Many posters were produced during World War II to instill in the people a sense of patriotism and to encourage all Americans to help with the war effort. The posters called upon every American to endure the personal sacrifice and domestic adjustments on the home front needed to win the war.
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