This is what God gives us. What are you giving so more may live?, circa 1918

Item — Folder: 2

Identifier: A1999-081-001

Scope and Contents

Baskets of fruit and vegetables

Dates

Creation: circa 1918

Creator

Hendee, A. (Alice Julia), 1889-1969 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

1 item/s : Chromolithograph on paper ; overall: 29 x 21 in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Exhibition Label

Object labels, "'Americans, Do Your Bit': World War I in Posters" Opened 3 June 2017

This Is What God Gives Us, 1917-1919 Alice Julia Hendee (1889-1969) Gift of Diana Korzenik and Andrew S. Dibner, A99/81/01

The artist Alice Hendee suggested bounty, a plentiful harvest, and an attic stocked with stores for the winter by using autumnal colors in this work. The text encouraged viewers to do without to help others. The U. S. Food Administration also practiced conservation of poster designs"it presented this same artwork with a different slogan: "Eat less and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom," on another poster.