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title: Eat Less and Let Us Be Thankful That We Have Enough to Share With Those Who Fight for Freedom
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-less-and-let-us-be-thankful-1917/
description: A still-life of corn, root vegetables, fruit, a basket and pumpkins frames a cream panel reading 'Eat less and let us be thankful that we have enough
section: Collection
---

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[![Eat Less and Let Us Be Thankful That We Have Enough to Share With Those Who Fight for Freedom, 1917 US poster: A still-life](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eat-less-and-let-us-be-thankful-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eat-less-and-let-us-be-thankful-1917.jpg)

# Eat Less and Let Us Be Thankful That We Have Enough to Share With Those Who Fight for Freedom

A still-life of corn, root vegetables, fruit, a basket and pumpkins frames a cream panel reading 'Eat less and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom.' The harvest imagery carries a thanksgiving mood onto a request to eat less. The tell is the abundance shown: plenty is presented as the reason to give up a share, and 'freedom' stands in for the specific shipments.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Eat less

and let us be
thankful that
we have enough
to share with
those who fight
for freedom

[seal: U.S. Food Administration]

[...]ITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATI[...]
```

The lowest line is cut off by the edge of the scan; the visible letters match 'UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION'.

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