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title: 'Member of U.S. Food Administration: Food Will Win the War'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/member-us-food-administration-food-will-win-the-war-1917/
description: A navy-blue window card with a red-and-white striped border shows a shield emblem on a ribbon reading 'Member of U.S. Food Administration'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Member of U.S. Food Administration: Food Will Win the War, 1917 US poster: A navy-blue window card with a red-and-white](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/member-us-food-administration-food-will-win-the-war-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/member-us-food-administration-food-will-win-the-war-1917.jpg)

# Member of U.S. Food Administration: Food Will Win the War

A navy-blue window card with a red-and-white striped border shows a shield emblem on a ribbon reading 'Member of U.S. Food Administration'. The slogan 'Food will win the war' sits above a pledge to keep meatless, wheatless and porkless days. The tell is the display of membership: the card shows a household or shop publicly signalling compliance, which invites neighbours to do the same.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
MEMBER OF U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION

Food will win the war

We observe Meatless days
Wheatless days - Porkless days

and carry out all conservation rules of the U.S.Food Administration

FORBES BOS[…] [printer's imprint, lower right edge, cut off]
```

The imprint at the lower right edge is tiny and partly cut off; only 'FORBES' and the start of a second word ('BOS...') can be read. The seal at top centre is not text.

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