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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Keep It Coming: Waste Nothing
George Illian (1894-1932) · United States Food Administration, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph George Illian drew for the United States Food Administration in 1917, 74 by 54 cm, sheet No. 14.
Why it matters
It quotes General John J. Pershing on the duty to feed the soldiers at the front and the millions of women and children behind the lines as well.
What to notice
A convoy of Army trucks labelled food, crossing a snowy country.
Bread, travelling in convoy.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George Illian (1894-1932)
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Food Administration, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002711983 · POS - US .I55, no. 2 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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