Comments on: U.S. Government Food Posters on exhibit! Online!

By: Mary Ann Leonard

Mary Ann Leonard — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:06:12 +0000

Thanks for spreading the word about this compelling exhibit of War-era food posters, but please note that the exhibit is actually being put on by the National Agricultural Library. In fact, many of the posters from the exhibit are unique to NAL.

By: Cory Bernat

Cory Bernat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:29 +0000

Many thanks for your interest in the poster exhibit. I am happy to report that my little site is back up, now with unlimited bandwidth!
Kind regards,
Cory Bernat
http://www.good-potato.com/beans_are_bullets/index.html

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:53:52 +0000

High resolution versions of many of these posters can be downloaded for free from the US Library of Congress photo collection:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search?q=food%20administration%20poster

By: Food posters galore. « More or Less Bunk

Food posters galore. « More or Less Bunk — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:05:51 +0000

[...] 27 07 2010 Like Marion Nestle, I love food posters (although my tastes tend to lean towards WWI). She posts links to two wonderful online collections here and here. These are my favorites as I hadn’t seen [...]

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:21:23 +0000

Just got a call back. No reproductions yet, but they are getting calls with requests so it may be an available purchase in the future.

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Le discours nutritionnel ne change pas - Un article de Le Blog d’Albert Amgar — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:10:38 +0000

[...] Selon le blog de Marion Nestle, une récente exposition de la National Library of Medicine montre des posters relatifs aux aliments réalisés lors de la première et de la seconde guerre mondiale. Autant dire il y a bien longtemps … [...]

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:27:10 +0000

I have a call in to the Department of Agriculture Library to see if reproductions will go up for sale. I spoke to a representative, who said a tweet went out that has generated some inquiries – and they are trying to get an answer. I will post here if I receive a return call.

Here’s some great examples of food posters issued during wartime:
http://www.good-potato.com/beans_are_bullets/index.html

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