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Farmers! Housewives! Children! : The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally

About this photograph

Originally published by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Provider
UNC Libraries / Documenting the American South
Date created
1914–1918
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries

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World War I propaganda poster

Size: 905×1320

Six black and white photographs of various aspects of farm life. The text of the poster includes extracts from one of President Wilson’s addresses to the public and is divided into the following sections:

  • Abundant food supplies essential
  • Make sure of large harvests
  • To young men and boys
  • To the farmers of the south
  • The government to cooperate
  • To the middlemen
  • To every household