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Description
World War I poster entitled, "Maine Potato Week April 28 to May 3 inclusive Eat More Potatoes and save the wheat. Every potato you eat is a bullet fired point blank at a made-in-Germany peace."
About This Item
- Title: Maine Potato Week World War 1 poster, 1918
- Creator: The C.H. Glass Co.
- Creation Date: 1918
- Subject Date: 1918
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper, poster
- Dimensions: 97.5 cm x 63 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 463, World War 1 poster collection, #1041
- Collection: WPA broadsides relating to Maine, Massachusetts, and World War I
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Potatoes--Maine
- War posters--American--Maine, 1910-1920
- World War, 1914-1918--Economic and social aspects
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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