Wednesday, September 2, 2015

World War I's United States Food Administration

From Wikipedia.

In the last entry I wrote about the U.S. Food Administration's poster during the war.

This agency was responsible during World War I for administering food to the U.S.. Army overseas and Allied food reserves.  One important task it had to do was to stabilize wheat prices in the United States.  It was established by Executive Order 2679A by President Wilson in August 1917 pursuant to the Food and Fuel Control Act.

It was under the direction of Herbert Hoover whop later became president.

As part of their program, they released a lot of posters.

--Cooter

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