Place | Asia: Philippines |
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Accession Number | ARTV00137 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 55.8 x 35.6 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | chromolithograph on card |
Maker |
Zamora, J M Phillipine Food Commissiion |
Place made | Philippines: Luzon, Manila |
Date made | 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Food Campaign... Grow your own food.
Description
First World War Government Food Poster issued by the Government of the Philippines in 1917. The poster encourages civilians to become ' ...Soldiers of the Soil' to grow their own food and raise their own animals as part of the war effort. Featured are 7 black and white illustrations by J.M Zamora. A central image depicts workers in the fields with a female worker in the foreground seeing visions of a battle. The other 6 images run down each side of the poster illustrating the text captions beneath. The title printed in red and blue runs from the centre top to bottom.
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