United States Food Administration window card, 1917

Collection Name:

Ephemera Collection - World War I

Title:

United States Food Administration window card, 1917

Creator:

United States Food Administration

Accession / Call Number:

2017.085

Object ID:

2017.085

Date:

1917

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

2 window cards

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Window cards indicating a home a member of the United States Food Administration dated 1917. One card was intended to be hung in the front window of a house to show that the household was a member of the United States Food Administration. The second card was "The War Creed of the Kitchen" and shows a list of what people on the home front can do to help win the war, mainly through their food choices. Herbert Hoover served as a administrator of the United States Food Administration and is listed on the card.

Subjects:

Food conservation , World War, 1914-1918 , World War, 1914-1918--Food supply--United States

People:

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Organizations:

United States Food Administration

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item