Little Americans Do Your Bit, circa 1917

Item — Folder: 3

Identifier: A2000-037-001

Scope and Contents

Illustration of a young boy saluting with a bowl of corn meal mush hovering beside him

Dates

Creation: circa 1917

Creator

Parker, Cushman, 1881- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

1 item/s : Lithograph on paper ; overall: 22 x 14 in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

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

Little Americans, 1917-1919 Cushman Parker (1881-1940) Gift of Andrew S. Dibner, A2000/37/01

Several U. S. Food Administration posters were designed to appeal to parents and children. In this one, the message linked patriotism with cleaning your plate and eating non-wheat cereals. Another poster told youngsters that the non-wheat or lower wheat wartime bread they received 'would seem like cake to the children of Europe.'