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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
Wholesome, Nutritious Foods from Corn
Lloyd Harrison · United States Food Administration, 1918
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 Lloyd Harrison drew for the United States Food Administration, printed by Harrison-Landauer Inc. of Baltimore in 1918, 75 by 50 cm on the sheet.
Why it matters
Corn was plentiful while wheat went to the Allies, and the caption lists its uses in the kitchen, from cakes and puddings to shortening and frying. The Library showed the sheet in Echoes of the Great War from November 2017 to June 2018.
What to notice
An assortment of foods and dishes beside corn starch, corn oil and corn syrup.
A pantry that leaves the wheat for France.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Lloyd Harrison
- Printer / house
- Harrison-Landauer Inc., Baltimore
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Food Administration, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00653322 · POS - WWI - US, no. 176 (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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