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Eat Wheat for Better Health, 1939 Ceylon poster: A couple and a boy smile as a boy flexes his arm while the man rolls up his

Eat Wheat for Better Health

A couple and a boy smile as a boy flexes his arm while the man rolls up his sleeve, above the words 'Eat Wheat for Better Health' and 'Food Controller, Colombo'. The tell for transfer is strength and family well-being attached to eating wheat; the sheet gives no nutritional claim beyond the title.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Food Controller, Colombo (printed at Branch Government Press, Kandy)
Region
South Asia
Country
Ceylon
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Ceylon Colonial Administration
Leader
No single regime or leader
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Home front, Health, Economy and finance
Event
World War II
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Food Controller, Colombo (printed at Branch Government Press, Kandy). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-750.

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

Eat WHEAT
for Better Health
FOOD CONTROLLER, COLOMBO
[imprint:] J.N.K.A 30097 BRANCH GOVT. PRESS, KANDY.

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