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World War I corn propaganda poster

About this poster

Poster by Lloyd Harrison. United States Food Administration. (Printed by Harrison-Landauer, Baltimore, Md.) Circa 1914–1918.

Date created
c. 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 Documenting the American South / UNC Libraries

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  • Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 2.10)
  • Grand visions, rough realities: The development of colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars. (Page 6.1)

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World War I era poster of a woman with a variety of corn products. The poster reads,

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This poster from World War I shows a woman with a variety of products made from corn, including corn meal, grits, hominy, pancakes, and muffins. Published by the United States Food Administration, it was one of many propaganda posters printed during the era.