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Buy and Eat Potatoes Now! Original WWI Poster 1918

$ 79.2

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  • Original/Reproduction: Original
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    Description

    Buy and Eat Potatoes Now! Original Poster 1918
    Full information about this historic poster can be found here: https://www.nhhistory.org/Object?id=f8bd9a95-80f0-4089-8908-37ba69944883
    Title:
    Buy and Eat Potatoes Now!, 1918
    Creator:
    Evans Printing Company
    Creator Role:
    Printer
    Accession / Call Number:
    S 1995.516.22
    Object ID:
    S 1995.516.22
    Date:
    1918
    Type of Material:
    textual record
    Physical Description:
    1 broadside ; 29 x 21 inches
    Language:
    English
    Scope and Content:
    Broadside from the New Hampshire Food Administration and printed by Evans Printing Company in Concord, NH, dated 1918. The broadside encourages individuals to attend New Hampshire's "potato drive" from April 15 to May 15 to help the farmers save wheat by buying and eating potatoes. Small poster thumbnails can be seen in the four corners of this poster, which are of posters created by the Division of Pictorial Publicity in Washington, DC, to increase public support for food conservation efforts.
    This Poster has various tears and some missing pieces towards the edges. Please view the pictures.