Food is Ammunition

Artist: J. E. SHERIDAN

Date: c. 1918

Medium: lithograph

Classification: Information Forms

Credit Line: Transfer from the university library

Object number: 1973.57.31B

DescriptionSilhouetted against an orange sky are men on horseback, one carrying the flag which shows red, white and blue, the men and horses are black; below this in color is a large basket filled with fruit and vegetables; surrounding this is a border of black darker than the men in the center area; the basket moves into this border; the words in orange letters FOOD IS AMMUNITION are below the basket and below them in green: DON'T WASTE IT, in orange: UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION; the artist's name is directly to the right of the basket; in the lower left corner: NO. 5, in the lower right corner: HEYWOOD STRASSER & VOIGT LITHO. CO., N.Y

Not on view

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American