Smithsonian exhibit of American Food Posters from WWI & II

[bibliophile birds]

this is an amazing display that i serious wish i could go see. check out these great posters here.

i want prints of a lot of these to hang in the house!

eta: here is the article that goes with them.

 

[Wifezilla]

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

wow! these are GREAT! "no man is too poor to invest in a few hens" are you kidding?!?! this is should be our rallying cry! whooot! not wasting food is patriotic....

i have a 1942 Joy of Cooking that talks about rationing.. wow! can you imagine if that happened today? what if the masses couldnt get their potato chips? yikes!

;-)

 

[bibliophile birds]

my favorite

 

[bibliophile birds]

check this one out, from here

but NOT these! ahhhhhhh

 

[bibliophile birds]

sorry, had to share this one. NOT food related, but amazing propaganda.

 

[Wifezilla]

I love those old propaganda posters. Some are so silly you just crack up. Others still hold true today.

 

[curly_kate]

these are awesome!!! I wish they were available for order.

 

[Wifezilla]

If you go to the library of congress website you can get high res files. Then just take them to your friendly neighborhood copy shop

 

[bibliophile birds]

some you can find on sites like allposters.com or art.com, if you are willing to dig.

eta: they are usually in the vintage foor & bev section rather than the war time or propaganda section.