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title: 'Corn: The Food of the Nation. Serve Some Way Every Meal'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/corn-the-food-of-the-nation-1917/
description: A smiling woman in a white blouse stands behind a spread of muffins, pancakes with syrup, and jars of corn meal, grits and hominy, on a purple ground.
section: Collection
---

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# Corn: The Food of the Nation. Serve Some Way Every Meal

A smiling woman in a white blouse stands behind a spread of muffins, pancakes with syrup, and jars of corn meal, grits and hominy, on a purple ground. The text names corn 'the food of the nation' and urges serving it at every meal, calling it appetizing, nourishing and economical. The tell is the string of positive words with no figures, which links corn to the nation and to thrift.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CORN
THE FOOD OF THE NATION

SERVE SOME WAY
EVERY MEAL

APPETIZING
NOURISHING
ECONOMICAL

CORN MEAL
GRITS
HOMINY

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION

Lloyd Harrison [signature]
HARRISON-LANDAUER INC BALTIMORE
```

The pencilled '93' at the lower right edge is a collection mark, not transcribed as design text.

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