by Antonia Piccirillo | Dec 11, 2025
Just by taking a quick look at the 1917 U.S. Food Administration poster “Food, Don’t Waste It” appears to be almost too simple to hold any significance. The poster was created by Frederic G. Cooper. He made the poster very simple, with no imagery, decorative features,...
by Alexandria Hall | Dec 6, 2025
This poster shows a portrait of presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm. The 1972 campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, featuring the slogans “BRING U.S. TOGETHER” and “UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED,” originated from her official Chisholm for...
by Ayame Ciocoiu | Dec 2, 2025
“Wake Up America!” is a recognizable work of WWI propaganda designed for the Mayor’s Committee on National Defense, a non-profit organization formed by city officials during the war in 1917. American artist, James Montgomery Flagg was...
by Valerie Melo | Dec 2, 2025
Charles Livingston Bull’s campaign poster “Save the products of the land – Eat more fish – they feed themselves” was created between 1917 to 1918 for the United States Food Administration (USFA). This was during World War I, which was a critical time for food...
by Zanaya Melchor | Dec 1, 2025
In this picture from October 1940, a couple of school-aged children gather potatoes on a large farm in Caribou, Maine. The caption, “Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested,” comes from Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Jack...